Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 319 · 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 “sword”? (a) k (b) g (c) p (d) w
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) g (b) w (c) h (d) b
3. 3.Which word has a silent s? (a) walk (b) debt (c) aisle (d) two
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
5. 5.Which word has a silent h? (a) answer (b) honest (c) write (d) knife
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
7. 7.Which word has a silent t? (a) two (b) glisten (c) talk (d) island
8. 8.Which word has a silent g? (a) island (b) rhino (c) design (d) write
9. 9.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) chewing gum as you talk
11. 11.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) knit (c) fasten (d) folk
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) s (b) l (c) g (d) h
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
15. 15.Which word has a silent k? (a) walk (b) knob (c) half (d) sword
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) k (c) s (d) w
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) s (b) t (c) l (d) h
18. 18.Which word has a silent b? (a) palm (b) design (c) wrist (d) doubt
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) t (c) w (d) g
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) covering your mouth
21. 21.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) g (b) t (c) k (d) h
23. 23.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.Which word has a silent t? (a) comb (b) wrap (c) calm (d) fasten
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) t (b) p (c) b (d) w
26. 26.Which word has a silent g? (a) island (b) knob (c) sign (d) two
27. 27.Which word has a silent p? (a) doubt (b) comb (c) castle (d) cupboard
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent l? (a) comb (b) knife (c) calm (d) write
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) t (b) h (c) g (d) b
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
33. 33.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
35. 35.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) opening your mouth well
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent t? (a) palm (b) two (c) listen (d) knit
40. 40.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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