Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 328 · 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) t (b) g (c) s (d) l
2. 2.Which word has a silent h? (a) wrap (b) hour (c) castle (d) two
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) covering your mouth
5. 5.Which word has a silent g? (a) answer (b) walk (c) castle (d) foreign
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) b (b) s (c) l (d) k
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) k (b) h (c) t (d) s
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) checking names first
10. 10.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) s (b) w (c) p (d) b
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) g (b) w (c) b (d) t
13. 13.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) k (b) h (c) l (d) p
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) t (b) b (c) l (d) g
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
18. 18.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
19. 19.Which word has a silent t? (a) castle (b) debt (c) island (d) wrist
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) t (b) p (c) k (d) g
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) w
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) opening your mouth well
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) w (b) b (c) l (d) s
27. 27.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.Which word has a silent s? (a) honest (b) island (c) raspberry (d) crumb
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) h (b) k (c) t (d) l
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) breaking long words up
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) g (b) s (c) l (d) p
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) a steady pace (d) chewing gum as you talk
33. 33.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrap (b) fasten (c) write (d) receipt
34. 34.👅 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
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) t (b) l (c) h (d) s
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) knife (c) listen (d) aisle
37. 37.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) crumb (c) reign (d) write
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
40. 40.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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