Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 366 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) p (b) w (c) t (d) b
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) g (b) w (c) k (d) t
4. 4.Which word has a silent k? (a) knife (b) write (c) debt (d) rhino
5. 5.Which word has a silent l? (a) crumb (b) knit (c) two (d) calm
6. 6.Which word has a silent s? (a) knife (b) cupboard (c) island (d) calm
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
8. 8.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) sign (c) glisten (d) debt
9. 9.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) glisten (c) answer (d) receipt
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) saying word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) p (c) s (d) h
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) covering your mouth
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) l (b) s (c) t (d) g
15. 15.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) w (c) k (d) s
18. 18.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) p (b) t (c) h (d) b
20. 20.Which word has a silent p? (a) aisle (b) glisten (c) knife (d) cupboard
21. 21.Which word has a silent g? (a) sword (b) sign (c) rhino (d) knee
22. 22.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
25. 25.Which word has a silent t? (a) glisten (b) knife (c) palm (d) answer
26. 26.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
28. 28.Which word has a silent w? (a) folk (b) castle (c) island (d) answer
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) b (b) h (c) l (d) g
31. 31.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) foreign (c) crumb (d) folk
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) t (b) k (c) p (d) l
33. 33.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
35. 35.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) knit (c) sign (d) knot
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) folk (b) two (c) foreign (d) honest
37. 37.Which word has a silent s? (a) knee (b) crumb (c) aisle (d) foreign
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) t (b) k (c) w (d) h
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
40. 40.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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