Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 393 · 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.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) k (c) l (d) b
3. 3.👅 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
4. 4.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrap (b) glisten (c) knife (d) rhino
6. 6.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) guessing a hard name
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) k (b) w (c) b (d) l
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) b (b) g (c) s (d) w
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
12. 12.Which word has a silent g? (a) aisle (b) knife (c) foreign (d) glisten
13. 13.Which word has a silent l? (a) knee (b) sign (c) calm (d) castle
14. 14.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) b (b) s (c) k (d) t
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
17. 17.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) breaking long words up
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) s (b) k (c) b (d) p
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) w (c) l (d) s
21. 21.Which word has a silent g? (a) walk (b) folk (c) climb (d) reign
22. 22.Which word has a silent b? (a) rhino (b) wrist (c) write (d) lamb
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) g (b) t (c) h (d) w
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent k? (a) island (b) knob (c) write (d) fasten
26. 26.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.Which word has a silent p? (a) debt (b) knob (c) calm (d) raspberry
28. 28.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) p (b) h (c) l (d) g
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) t (b) w (c) g (d) l
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent g? (a) answer (b) listen (c) rhino (d) sign
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) g (b) s (c) h (d) k
34. 34.Which word has a silent h? (a) debt (b) raspberry (c) answer (d) honest
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) a steady pace
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) h (b) p (c) s (d) w
39. 39.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) a steady pace (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up

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