Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 351 · 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 “island”? (a) p (b) k (c) w (d) s
2. 2.👅 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
3. 3.📖 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
4. 4.Which word has a silent h? (a) calm (b) rhino (c) island (d) write
5. 5.Which word has a silent k? (a) comb (b) hour (c) answer (d) knee
6. 6.Which word has a silent k? (a) debt (b) design (c) knife (d) wrap
7. 7.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
9. 9.🔤 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
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) b (b) h (c) k (d) g
11. 11.Which word has a silent k? (a) knit (b) foreign (c) fasten (d) cupboard
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) k (b) s (c) p (d) b
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) h (b) l (c) b (d) g
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) p (c) t (d) b
15. 15.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
18. 18.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) h (b) s (c) b (d) g
20. 20.Which word has a silent t? (a) palm (b) yolk (c) lamb (d) castle
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
22. 22.Which word has a silent w? (a) rhino (b) sword (c) knee (d) doubt
23. 23.Which word has a silent g? (a) answer (b) lamb (c) sign (d) knot
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) t (b) w (c) k (d) p
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) s (b) h (c) w (d) b
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
27. 27.Which word has a silent g? (a) hour (b) comb (c) lamb (d) reign
28. 28.Which word has a silent t? (a) hour (b) cupboard (c) glisten (d) doubt
29. 29.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) covering your mouth
34. 34.Which word has a silent p? (a) comb (b) knob (c) cupboard (d) sword
35. 35.Which word has a silent w? (a) yolk (b) wrist (c) aisle (d) knife
36. 36.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) saying word endings
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
39. 39.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?

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