Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 352 · 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 word has a silent w? (a) yolk (b) two (c) doubt (d) cupboard
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) k (b) l (c) b (d) w
3. 3.Which word has a silent t? (a) fasten (b) design (c) knit (d) yolk
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) t (b) p (c) k (d) g
5. 5.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
6. 6.Which word has a silent k? (a) receipt (b) climb (c) rhino (d) knit
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) w (b) b (c) k (d) g
8. 8.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) wrist (c) crumb (d) knot
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) s (b) b (c) p (d) t
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) k (b) h (c) b (d) p
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) k (b) b (c) h (d) l
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
13. 13.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) breaking long words up
15. 15.Which word has a silent p? (a) honest (b) write (c) receipt (d) answer
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) g (b) k (c) l (d) w
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
19. 19.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) break it into syllables (c) say it in one rush (d) skip it
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
23. 23.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) breaking long words up (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
26. 26.Which word has a silent l? (a) two (b) knob (c) aisle (d) folk
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) b (b) w (c) s (d) l
28. 28.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) k (b) w (c) t (d) b
30. 30.📖 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) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
32. 32.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
34. 34.Which word has a silent h? (a) two (b) yolk (c) wrap (d) hour
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) h (b) b (c) t (d) w
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) b (b) s (c) w (d) g
38. 38.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) write (c) doubt (d) fasten
40. 40.Which word has a silent p? (a) half (b) cupboard (c) sign (d) lamb

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