Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 286 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Beat by beat): Open your mouth, keep a steady pace and finish every word ending. Warm up with tongue twisters. Clap the syllables: speech (1), speak·er (2), mi·cro·phone (3), pre·sen·ta·tion (4), pro·nun·ci·a·tion (5). Silent letters: k in knife and knee, w in write and two, b in climb and debt, t in listen and castle, h in honest and hour, l in calm and talk, g in sign.

1. 1.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
2. 2.Which word has a silent g? (a) fasten (b) receipt (c) sign (d) folk
3. 3.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) saying word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
5. 5.Which word has a silent t? (a) reign (b) glisten (c) calm (d) cupboard
6. 6.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrist (b) calm (c) half (d) knob
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) b (b) g (c) h (d) s
8. 8.Which word has a silent g? (a) knit (b) sword (c) crumb (d) foreign
9. 9.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) w (b) k (c) g (d) l
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
13. 13.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.Which word has a silent w? (a) reign (b) fasten (c) receipt (d) two
15. 15.Which word has a silent s? (a) cupboard (b) receipt (c) knife (d) island
16. 16.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) p (b) w (c) k (d) b
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
20. 20.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
21. 21.Which word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) climb (c) honest (d) knob
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent p? (a) fasten (b) island (c) knit (d) receipt
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) l (b) w (c) b (d) p
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) guessing a hard name
29. 29.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
31. 31.Which word has a silent h? (a) receipt (b) sign (c) wrap (d) rhino
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) k (c) s (d) p
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) k (b) s (c) w (d) h
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) h (b) k (c) l (d) p
35. 35.Which word has a silent w? (a) knot (b) foreign (c) write (d) talk
36. 36.Which word has a silent s? (a) honest (b) walk (c) knob (d) aisle
37. 37.Which word has a silent l? (a) reign (b) glisten (c) yolk (d) fasten
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) checking names first (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) l (b) b (c) g (d) w

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