Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 296 · 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 “debt”? (a) w (b) p (c) b (d) k
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) opening your mouth well
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) s (b) g (c) l (d) b
5. 5.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) b (b) t (c) l (d) g
8. 8.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
9. 9.Which word has a silent w? (a) calm (b) debt (c) knife (d) answer
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
11. 11.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) b (b) w (c) h (d) t
13. 13.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) l (b) k (c) w (d) g
17. 17.Which word has a silent s? (a) reign (b) answer (c) island (d) listen
18. 18.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) g (b) t (c) l (d) k
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) s (b) k (c) t (d) p
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) a steady pace (c) rushing long words (d) tongue twister warm-ups
22. 22.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) k (b) w (c) h (d) s
26. 26.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) rushing long words (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
29. 29.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.Which word has a silent h? (a) lamb (b) foreign (c) walk (d) honest
31. 31.Which word has a silent h? (a) fasten (b) foreign (c) receipt (d) rhino
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) a steady pace (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) l (b) g (c) w (d) k
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
37. 37.Which word has a silent k? (a) doubt (b) cupboard (c) receipt (d) knit
38. 38.Which word has a silent p? (a) knit (b) receipt (c) talk (d) glisten
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) k (b) h (c) t (d) w

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