Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 382 · 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 word has a silent t? (a) island (b) folk (c) listen (d) knee
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) h (b) k (c) w (d) l
4. 4.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) k (b) w (c) p (d) b
6. 6.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) opening your mouth well
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) l (b) w (c) s (d) h
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
10. 10.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) t (b) b (c) l (d) g
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) rushing long words (d) checking names first
14. 14.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) checking names first (d) rushing long words
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) t (b) s (c) l (d) h
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
18. 18.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) checking names first
20. 20.Which word has a silent w? (a) knife (b) knot (c) two (d) debt
21. 21.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) g (b) h (c) t (d) k
23. 23.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) saying word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
25. 25.Which word has a silent s? (a) receipt (b) answer (c) wrist (d) island
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
27. 27.Which word has a silent b? (a) palm (b) folk (c) reign (d) climb
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) s (b) p (c) l (d) k
29. 29.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.Which word has a silent p? (a) knob (b) raspberry (c) sword (d) calm
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) h (b) b (c) k (d) l
32. 32.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) p (b) l (c) h (d) b
34. 34.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
36. 36.Which word has a silent k? (a) knit (b) walk (c) write (d) raspberry
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
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 p? (a) island (b) knob (c) knee (d) receipt
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) p (b) h (c) g (d) t

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