Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 330 · 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 word has a silent t? (a) knife (b) castle (c) knee (d) wrap
2. 2.Which word has a silent l? (a) doubt (b) castle (c) reign (d) talk
3. 3.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
4. 4.Which word has a silent t? (a) glisten (b) design (c) knee (d) folk
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) g (b) b (c) w (d) h
6. 6.Which word has a silent s? (a) knob (b) half (c) island (d) listen
7. 7.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) knee (c) aisle (d) knife
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) k (c) l (d) t
9. 9.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) b (b) p (c) s (d) t
11. 11.👅 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
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) l (b) b (c) t (d) w
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) s (b) p (c) k (d) h
14. 14.Which word has a silent k? (a) comb (b) two (c) debt (d) knob
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) opening your mouth well (d) chewing gum as you talk
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
17. 17.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) b (b) g (c) p (d) t
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) s (b) g (c) t (d) b
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) t (b) g (c) b (d) p
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) s (b) t (c) g (d) k
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) h (b) s (c) b (d) w
26. 26.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.Which word has a silent s? (a) crumb (b) answer (c) aisle (d) glisten
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
31. 31.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) g (b) p (c) k (d) l
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
36. 36.Which word has a silent w? (a) knot (b) knee (c) wrap (d) reign
37. 37.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.Which word has a silent w? (a) cupboard (b) island (c) rhino (d) write
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) k (b) l (c) h (d) b
40. 40.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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