Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 312 · 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 h? (a) aisle (b) knot (c) honest (d) fasten
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) t (b) h (c) l (d) b
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) breaking long words up (c) opening your mouth well (d) a steady pace
4. 4.Which word has a silent k? (a) reign (b) knit (c) island (d) foreign
5. 5.Which word has a silent b? (a) rhino (b) crumb (c) receipt (d) talk
6. 6.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) whisper it
7. 7.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) w (c) l (d) t
10. 10.Which word has a silent t? (a) wrap (b) knife (c) design (d) fasten
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) w (b) h (c) t (d) l
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) h (b) w (c) b (d) k
13. 13.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
15. 15.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) t (b) g (c) k (d) b
17. 17.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
20. 20.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) rushing long words (c) a steady pace (d) tongue twister warm-ups
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) t (b) w (c) g (d) h
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) t (c) b (d) w
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) b (b) h (c) g (d) w
26. 26.🔤 Does a steady pace 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 “assembly”?
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) covering your mouth (d) chewing gum as you talk
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) t (b) s (c) w (d) k
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) s (b) w (c) l (d) h
32. 32.Which word has a silent k? (a) lamb (b) knot (c) island (d) palm
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) t (c) g (d) h
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) h (b) t (c) b (d) k
36. 36.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) covering your mouth
38. 38.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) b (b) s (c) g (d) h
40. 40.Which word has a silent k? (a) raspberry (b) knob (c) castle (d) rhino

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