Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 337 · 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 “knit”? (a) t (b) k (c) p (d) s
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) b (b) w (c) k (d) g
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) w (c) p (d) l
4. 4.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) l (b) g (c) k (d) s
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) k (b) h (c) g (d) p
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) mumbling into your chest (d) checking names first
8. 8.Which word has a silent l? (a) island (b) walk (c) receipt (d) honest
9. 9.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) l (b) w (c) g (d) t
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) breaking long words up (c) a steady pace (d) saying word endings
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) checking names first (d) dropping word endings
14. 14.Which word has a silent h? (a) knee (b) wrist (c) climb (d) rhino
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
16. 16.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) b (b) g (c) l (d) p
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) w (b) t (c) b (d) h
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
20. 20.Which word has a silent w? (a) answer (b) listen (c) raspberry (d) knob
21. 21.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) b (b) t (c) h (d) w
23. 23.Which word has a silent t? (a) half (b) hour (c) debt (d) listen
24. 24.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) walk (c) write (d) foreign
25. 25.Which word has a silent l? (a) wrist (b) knob (c) wrap (d) half
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) guessing a hard name (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) h (b) l (c) g (d) t
30. 30.Which word has a silent b? (a) receipt (b) cupboard (c) comb (d) sign
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) breaking long words up
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) w (b) l (c) s (d) k
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
34. 34.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
35. 35.Which word has a silent k? (a) write (b) knot (c) design (d) sword
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) l (b) b (c) p (d) w
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) tongue twister warm-ups
38. 38.Which word has a silent g? (a) knife (b) cupboard (c) reign (d) walk
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?

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