Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 346 · 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 “castle”? (a) b (b) w (c) h (d) t
2. 2.Which word has a silent t? (a) knob (b) receipt (c) raspberry (d) listen
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) s (b) g (c) p (d) l
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) l (b) k (c) s (d) w
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
7. 7.Which word has a silent b? (a) foreign (b) knee (c) listen (d) lamb
8. 8.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrap (b) fasten (c) knot (d) yolk
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) b (b) g (c) t (d) h
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) h (b) w (c) b (d) l
11. 11.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) testing your hearing
12. 12.Which word has a silent b? (a) doubt (b) fasten (c) walk (d) hour
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) w (b) h (c) k (d) t
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
15. 15.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) p (b) k (c) s (d) w
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
20. 20.Which word has a silent g? (a) calm (b) hour (c) foreign (d) rhino
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) g (b) k (c) s (d) t
22. 22.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) w (b) b (c) p (d) g
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) saying word endings (c) rushing long words (d) chewing gum as you talk
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
28. 28.Which word has a silent w? (a) knob (b) wrap (c) knee (d) cupboard
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) checking names first (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) b (b) w (c) g (d) s
31. 31.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) whisper it
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) l (b) w (c) g (d) t
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) b (c) h (d) g
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) k (b) g (c) b (d) l
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) climb (b) palm (c) reign (d) answer
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) s (b) t (c) b (d) p
38. 38.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
39. 39.📖 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
40. 40.Which word has a silent w? (a) foreign (b) doubt (c) answer (d) yolk

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