Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 314 · 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 “walk”? (a) h (b) t (c) l (d) w
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) p (b) s (c) w (d) h
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) checking names first (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) mumbling into your chest
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
7. 7.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
9. 9.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
10. 10.Which word has a silent p? (a) palm (b) foreign (c) knot (d) cupboard
11. 11.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) t (b) p (c) k (d) l
15. 15.Which word has a silent k? (a) honest (b) wrist (c) knee (d) hour
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) w (b) t (c) p (d) l
17. 17.Which word has a silent k? (a) sword (b) climb (c) talk (d) knit
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) b (b) t (c) l (d) k
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) breaking long words up (c) opening your mouth well (d) checking names first
20. 20.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
21. 21.Which word has a silent k? (a) glisten (b) half (c) raspberry (d) knob
22. 22.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
26. 26.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) calm (c) reign (d) fasten
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) b (b) p (c) l (d) k
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
29. 29.Which word has a silent s? (a) receipt (b) knee (c) island (d) talk
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 of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) t (b) w (c) b (d) l
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) k (b) b (c) t (d) w
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) b (b) w (c) s (d) k
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) t (b) l (c) p (d) g
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) s (b) p (c) g (d) k
37. 37.Which word has a silent b? (a) island (b) talk (c) reign (d) climb
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
39. 39.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) w (b) k (c) l (d) t

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