Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

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

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