Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 378 · 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 “folk”? (a) w (b) s (c) k (d) l
2. 2.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) w (c) t (d) b
4. 4.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) climb (c) raspberry (d) receipt
5. 5.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
6. 6.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.Which word has a silent t? (a) sword (b) climb (c) reign (d) fasten
8. 8.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.Which word has a silent w? (a) knot (b) doubt (c) climb (d) answer
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) g (b) h (c) b (d) l
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) tongue twister warm-ups
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) t (b) k (c) p (d) w
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) s (b) l (c) k (d) b
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
18. 18.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) calm (c) knot (d) hour
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) w (b) l (c) k (d) b
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) l (b) w (c) p (d) g
23. 23.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) guess it on stage
24. 24.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.Which word has a silent b? (a) rhino (b) reign (c) crumb (d) write
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
29. 29.Which word has a silent p? (a) talk (b) wrap (c) receipt (d) knee
30. 30.Which word has a silent b? (a) lamb (b) answer (c) knee (d) half
31. 31.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) h (b) l (c) t (d) k
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
34. 34.Which word has a silent s? (a) rhino (b) foreign (c) knee (d) island
35. 35.Which word has a silent g? (a) talk (b) sign (c) fasten (d) knob
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) t (b) w (c) p (d) k
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
38. 38.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) l (b) s (c) b (d) h
40. 40.Which word has a silent k? (a) palm (b) knot (c) yolk (d) castle

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