Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 317 · 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 “cupboard”? (a) g (b) h (c) p (d) b
2. 2.Which word has a silent h? (a) raspberry (b) rhino (c) design (d) listen
3. 3.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) guess it on stage (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
4. 4.Which word has a silent b? (a) knit (b) island (c) castle (d) doubt
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) s (b) h (c) l (d) t
6. 6.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) checking names first
9. 9.Which word has a silent s? (a) write (b) folk (c) walk (d) island
10. 10.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
11. 11.Which word has a silent h? (a) fasten (b) receipt (c) honest (d) sign
12. 12.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) b (b) k (c) s (d) g
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) h (b) k (c) t (d) s
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) p (b) h (c) g (d) s
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) dropping word endings (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) l (b) w (c) b (d) g
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) s (c) k (d) b
20. 20.Which word has a silent g? (a) knee (b) listen (c) design (d) hour
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) k (b) s (c) w (d) t
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) k (c) h (d) l
24. 24.Which word has a silent t? (a) doubt (b) answer (c) half (d) fasten
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) h (b) t (c) k (d) w
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) covering your mouth (d) a steady pace
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) k (b) s (c) g (d) b
32. 32.Which word has a silent p? (a) fasten (b) knife (c) receipt (d) sword
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
35. 35.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) opening your mouth well
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) b (b) p (c) t (d) k
39. 39.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
40. 40.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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