Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 391 · 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) talk (b) knob (c) foreign (d) knit
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) h (b) k (c) l (d) t
3. 3.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.Which word has a silent t? (a) walk (b) crumb (c) raspberry (d) castle
5. 5.Which word has a silent s? (a) honest (b) foreign (c) raspberry (d) island
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) breaking long words up (d) rushing long words
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) h (b) p (c) g (d) b
8. 8.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) chewing gum as you talk
10. 10.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) p (b) g (c) h (d) b
12. 12.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
17. 17.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) castle (c) palm (d) fasten
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) t (b) k (c) b (d) s
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) l (b) k (c) t (d) h
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) h (b) t (c) l (d) b
21. 21.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.Which word has a silent k? (a) yolk (b) knife (c) receipt (d) answer
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) saying word endings (d) covering your mouth
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) a steady pace (d) chewing gum as you talk
26. 26.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.Which word has a silent g? (a) yolk (b) sign (c) wrist (d) island
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) tongue twister warm-ups
31. 31.Which word has a silent b? (a) lamb (b) knob (c) island (d) foreign
32. 32.Which word has a silent g? (a) knee (b) answer (c) design (d) knife
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) t (b) h (c) l (d) g
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) w (b) s (c) k (d) b
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) b (b) l (c) k (d) g
36. 36.Which word has a silent b? (a) talk (b) doubt (c) raspberry (d) foreign
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) b (b) l (c) t (d) h
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
40. 40.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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