Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 306 · 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) g (b) p (c) l (d) b
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
3. 3.Which word has a silent k? (a) knot (b) hour (c) lamb (d) receipt
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) s (b) b (c) h (d) l
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) chewing gum as you talk
6. 6.🔤 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
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) a steady pace (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) saying word endings
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) s (b) l (c) g (d) w
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
12. 12.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) b (b) s (c) g (d) w
14. 14.Which word has a silent g? (a) yolk (b) knob (c) lamb (d) sign
15. 15.Which word has a silent b? (a) knee (b) folk (c) wrist (d) crumb
16. 16.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) covering your mouth (c) breaking long words up (d) tongue twister warm-ups
18. 18.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) knee (c) calm (d) two
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) dropping word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
21. 21.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) two (c) castle (d) yolk
22. 22.Which word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) walk (c) climb (d) knife
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent l? (a) fasten (b) walk (c) wrap (d) lamb
25. 25.Which word has a silent g? (a) knife (b) walk (c) design (d) hour
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
28. 28.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
29. 29.Which word has a silent w? (a) raspberry (b) castle (c) write (d) sign
30. 30.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent t? (a) answer (b) knob (c) glisten (d) write
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) b (c) l (d) w
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) t (b) b (c) w (d) k
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) w (c) l (d) p
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
38. 38.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) climb (c) receipt (d) foreign
39. 39.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?

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