Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 340 · 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.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
2. 2.Which word has a silent k? (a) cupboard (b) castle (c) raspberry (d) knob
3. 3.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) saying word endings (c) checking names first (d) a steady pace
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) covering your mouth (d) opening your mouth well
6. 6.Which word has a silent l? (a) honest (b) climb (c) folk (d) aisle
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) l (b) t (c) b (d) s
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) l (b) k (c) h (d) g
10. 10.Which word has a silent h? (a) talk (b) receipt (c) write (d) hour
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) mumbling into your chest (d) dropping word endings
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) w (b) k (c) l (d) t
15. 15.Which word has a silent t? (a) rhino (b) listen (c) walk (d) half
16. 16.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) k (b) b (c) h (d) l
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent b? (a) calm (b) comb (c) answer (d) honest
22. 22.Which word has a silent g? (a) design (b) climb (c) walk (d) honest
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) l (c) b (d) h
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) l (b) k (c) h (d) g
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) b (b) l (c) k (d) h
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) g (b) b (c) p (d) t
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) h (c) s (d) k
29. 29.Which word has a silent s? (a) cupboard (b) island (c) half (d) honest
30. 30.Which word has a silent w? (a) doubt (b) listen (c) wrap (d) castle
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) breaking long words up
32. 32.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.Which word has a silent t? (a) wrist (b) palm (c) climb (d) glisten
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
35. 35.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) guess it on stage (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
37. 37.Which word has a silent l? (a) half (b) knot (c) wrist (d) lamb
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) p (b) h (c) l (d) k
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) p (b) k (c) l (d) b
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?

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