Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 300 · 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 “honest”? (a) p (b) s (c) h (d) t
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) s (b) b (c) k (d) l
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) saying word endings (d) covering your mouth
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
5. 5.Which word has a silent w? (a) knife (b) two (c) sign (d) receipt
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
7. 7.Which word has a silent w? (a) knob (b) climb (c) half (d) sword
8. 8.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) p (b) b (c) s (d) h
10. 10.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) h (b) k (c) w (d) p
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) mumbling into your chest (c) covering your mouth (d) checking names first
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) t (b) l (c) p (d) b
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 word has a silent w? (a) knit (b) climb (c) wrist (d) folk
19. 19.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) dropping word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) g (b) k (c) t (d) w
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) dropping word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
25. 25.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.Which word has a silent p? (a) knot (b) cupboard (c) knife (d) doubt
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) s (b) p (c) t (d) l
29. 29.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) l (b) k (c) h (d) g
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) t (b) s (c) k (d) h
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
34. 34.Which word has a silent g? (a) knee (b) knob (c) crumb (d) design
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) rushing long words
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) g (b) w (c) t (d) b
37. 37.Which word has a silent b? (a) half (b) climb (c) knit (d) answer
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) w (b) l (c) k (d) s
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?

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