Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 376 · 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 l? (a) fasten (b) calm (c) knit (d) doubt
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
3. 3.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) h (b) w (c) k (d) p
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
6. 6.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
7. 7.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) b (b) s (c) t (d) k
11. 11.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) s (b) k (c) t (d) b
13. 13.Which word has a silent t? (a) reign (b) sign (c) lamb (d) castle
14. 14.📖 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) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) k (b) w (c) s (d) t
16. 16.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
18. 18.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) wrist (c) crumb (d) sign
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) l (b) t (c) p (d) w
21. 21.Which word has a silent s? (a) palm (b) two (c) island (d) knife
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) k (b) t (c) w (d) l
23. 23.Which word has a silent b? (a) crumb (b) hour (c) sword (d) yolk
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) checking names first (d) covering your mouth
25. 25.Which word has a silent h? (a) write (b) knife (c) hour (d) listen
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) a steady pace (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) l (b) t (c) p (d) w
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) l (c) b (d) h
29. 29.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) glisten (c) fasten (d) castle
30. 30.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.Which word has a silent g? (a) honest (b) sign (c) debt (d) knob
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) s (b) b (c) k (d) g
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) rushing long words
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
35. 35.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) checking names first (d) saying word endings
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) p (b) t (c) g (d) h
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) h (b) k (c) g (d) w
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) p (c) l (d) t

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