Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 339 · 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 “glisten”? (a) k (b) h (c) t (d) b
2. 2.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) t (b) s (c) w (d) h
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
5. 5.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) a steady pace (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) covering your mouth
7. 7.👅 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
8. 8.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
10. 10.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) dropping word endings (d) checking names first
13. 13.Which word has a silent h? (a) talk (b) two (c) debt (d) rhino
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
15. 15.Which word has a silent k? (a) doubt (b) two (c) knit (d) raspberry
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) h (b) w (c) b (d) p
17. 17.Which word has a silent g? (a) cupboard (b) glisten (c) sign (d) two
18. 18.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) k (c) l (d) s
20. 20.Which word has a silent w? (a) answer (b) knife (c) calm (d) lamb
21. 21.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) b (b) h (c) k (d) s
23. 23.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) w (b) p (c) l (d) h
25. 25.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.Which word has a silent t? (a) knot (b) palm (c) folk (d) castle
28. 28.Which word has a silent p? (a) knee (b) island (c) sword (d) receipt
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent p? (a) honest (b) answer (c) raspberry (d) climb
31. 31.Which word has a silent b? (a) comb (b) calm (c) rhino (d) aisle
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) g (b) w (c) h (d) s
33. 33.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.Which word has a silent l? (a) walk (b) foreign (c) receipt (d) two
35. 35.Which word has a silent k? (a) half (b) honest (c) knob (d) listen
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
37. 37.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) design (c) answer (d) reign
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) w (b) b (c) k (d) l
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) s (b) h (c) k (d) l
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) w (b) t (c) l (d) k

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