Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 350 · 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 “climb”? (a) g (b) l (c) b (d) p
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) saying word endings (d) covering your mouth
3. 3.Which word has a silent g? (a) hour (b) design (c) island (d) listen
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) p (b) l (c) t (d) g
7. 7.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
8. 8.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) s (b) h (c) w (d) k
10. 10.Which word has a silent s? (a) yolk (b) honest (c) calm (d) aisle
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
12. 12.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
13. 13.Which word has a silent w? (a) half (b) crumb (c) island (d) write
14. 14.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
15. 15.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) comb (c) hour (d) knife
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) a steady pace (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) k (b) s (c) p (d) w
19. 19.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) s (b) w (c) g (d) t
21. 21.Which word has a silent p? (a) aisle (b) half (c) sign (d) raspberry
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) g (b) k (c) t (d) w
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) checking names first (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
24. 24.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
25. 25.Which word has a silent l? (a) debt (b) lamb (c) sign (d) half
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) checking names first (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) rushing long words (d) opening your mouth well
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) s (b) p (c) h (d) g
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) k (c) l (d) p
31. 31.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) knob (c) crumb (d) island
32. 32.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) aisle (c) design (d) island
33. 33.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) t (b) w (c) b (d) g
36. 36.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) debt (c) wrap (d) sword
37. 37.Which word has a silent b? (a) foreign (b) answer (c) comb (d) reign
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
40. 40.Which word has a silent t? (a) answer (b) knot (c) climb (d) listen

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