Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 287 · 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.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) talk (c) sign (d) reign
2. 2.Which word has a silent t? (a) rhino (b) reign (c) answer (d) glisten
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) saying word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) w (b) k (c) l (d) p
5. 5.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) b (b) w (c) h (d) l
7. 7.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
8. 8.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
9. 9.Which word has a silent b? (a) knee (b) comb (c) knot (d) walk
10. 10.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
13. 13.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) covering your mouth
17. 17.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) breaking long words up
19. 19.Which word has a silent b? (a) crumb (b) design (c) glisten (d) wrist
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) w (b) b (c) t (d) k
21. 21.Which word has a silent t? (a) rhino (b) aisle (c) knit (d) listen
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
23. 23.Which word has a silent k? (a) walk (b) foreign (c) knee (d) reign
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
25. 25.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
27. 27.Which word has a silent g? (a) write (b) foreign (c) lamb (d) raspberry
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) k (b) t (c) s (d) l
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) l (b) h (c) w (d) s
30. 30.Which word has a silent w? (a) glisten (b) honest (c) two (d) folk
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
32. 32.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) skip it
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) rushing long words (c) mumbling into your chest (d) checking names first
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) s (b) h (c) k (d) l
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) breaking long words up (c) opening your mouth well (d) chewing gum as you talk
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent w? (a) cupboard (b) raspberry (c) answer (d) knee
40. 40.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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