Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 327 · 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 “talk”? (a) l (b) p (c) s (d) k
2. 2.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
3. 3.Which word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) calm (c) talk (d) sword
4. 4.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) t (b) l (c) g (d) s
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
9. 9.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
10. 10.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
11. 11.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) knot (c) wrap (d) lamb
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) b (b) g (c) l (d) t
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) w (b) s (c) t (d) l
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) w (b) k (c) p (d) l
17. 17.Which word has a silent h? (a) talk (b) reign (c) fasten (d) rhino
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) w (b) l (c) b (d) p
19. 19.Which word has a silent b? (a) crumb (b) write (c) reign (d) two
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) g (b) k (c) s (d) p
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
22. 22.Which word has a silent l? (a) climb (b) glisten (c) yolk (d) raspberry
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) g (b) h (c) t (d) p
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) saying word endings (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) l (b) k (c) s (d) t
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) rushing long words (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
28. 28.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) checking names first (c) opening your mouth well (d) tongue twister warm-ups
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) knee (c) answer (d) knob
34. 34.Which word has a silent l? (a) foreign (b) folk (c) aisle (d) island
35. 35.Which word has a silent h? (a) sign (b) palm (c) honest (d) doubt
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) k (b) l (c) b (d) p
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
39. 39.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) g (b) w (c) t (d) s

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