Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 329 · 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 “calm”? (a) w (b) l (c) k (d) s
2. 2.Which word has a silent b? (a) talk (b) knee (c) hour (d) climb
3. 3.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) b (b) w (c) s (d) t
7. 7.Which word has a silent h? (a) wrap (b) folk (c) sign (d) rhino
8. 8.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) breaking long words up (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) a steady pace
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
12. 12.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) mumble it quickly
13. 13.Which word has a silent l? (a) half (b) answer (c) knee (d) fasten
14. 14.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.Which word has a silent g? (a) aisle (b) doubt (c) design (d) cupboard
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) k (b) t (c) w (d) b
18. 18.Which word has a silent s? (a) foreign (b) knob (c) fasten (d) island
19. 19.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) p (b) k (c) s (d) b
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) s (b) t (c) g (d) b
22. 22.👅 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
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
24. 24.Which word has a silent t? (a) walk (b) honest (c) yolk (d) listen
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) opening your mouth well (d) guessing a hard name
27. 27.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
28. 28.Which word has a silent k? (a) rhino (b) knot (c) crumb (d) cupboard
29. 29.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) crumb (c) knot (d) cupboard
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) t (b) h (c) g (d) s
31. 31.Which word has a silent w? (a) two (b) listen (c) fasten (d) knot
32. 32.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) l (b) b (c) t (d) w
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
40. 40.Which word has a silent k? (a) talk (b) doubt (c) rhino (d) knee

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