Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

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

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