Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 322 · 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 “fasten”? (a) b (b) h (c) k (d) t
2. 2.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
3. 3.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.Which word has a silent k? (a) glisten (b) comb (c) wrap (d) knob
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) g (b) s (c) k (d) p
6. 6.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) two (c) write (d) aisle
7. 7.Which word has a silent t? (a) write (b) two (c) glisten (d) yolk
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) w (b) p (c) s (d) b
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
10. 10.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.Which word has a silent h? (a) half (b) debt (c) talk (d) honest
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
14. 14.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) k (c) l (d) g
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) chewing gum as you talk
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) saying word endings (d) guessing a hard name
19. 19.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) s (c) l (d) h
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) t (b) b (c) g (d) w
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
23. 23.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
24. 24.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) h (b) b (c) l (d) k
26. 26.Which word has a silent s? (a) knot (b) sign (c) cupboard (d) aisle
27. 27.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) aisle (c) listen (d) talk
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) l (b) w (c) k (d) b
29. 29.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) t (b) h (c) g (d) k
31. 31.Which word has a silent l? (a) half (b) doubt (c) two (d) write
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) k (c) t (d) g
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) g (b) b (c) p (d) w
36. 36.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) two (c) half (d) sword
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) b (b) w (c) g (d) t
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) covering your mouth
39. 39.Which word has a silent k? (a) foreign (b) folk (c) design (d) knot
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?

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