Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 372 · 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.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
2. 2.Which word has a silent h? (a) write (b) talk (c) honest (d) climb
3. 3.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
4. 4.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.Which word has a silent g? (a) half (b) doubt (c) reign (d) talk
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) a steady pace
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) b (b) p (c) h (d) t
10. 10.Which word has a silent b? (a) write (b) comb (c) design (d) reign
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) k (b) p (c) l (d) b
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) g (b) p (c) b (d) t
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) h (b) b (c) w (d) g
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) breaking long words up
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) k (b) g (c) w (d) p
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) s (b) h (c) b (d) l
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) l (b) k (c) h (d) g
22. 22.Which word has a silent p? (a) fasten (b) half (c) crumb (d) cupboard
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) opening your mouth well (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) t (b) h (c) l (d) b
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) b (b) l (c) p (d) w
28. 28.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent s? (a) two (b) wrist (c) island (d) sword
31. 31.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) knob (c) write (d) island
32. 32.Which word has a silent s? (a) knob (b) palm (c) yolk (d) aisle
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) t (b) w (c) h (d) b
34. 34.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) two (c) castle (d) folk
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) w (b) b (c) k (d) l
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) p (b) t (c) b (d) k
38. 38.Which word has a silent g? (a) doubt (b) sign (c) knife (d) two
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
40. 40.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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