Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 395 · 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 of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) p (b) s (c) l (d) k
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) l (b) k (c) s (d) b
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) k (b) s (c) g (d) t
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) h (b) k (c) l (d) w
7. 7.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.Which word has a silent k? (a) two (b) wrap (c) folk (d) knit
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) t (b) h (c) k (d) p
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) saying word endings
11. 11.Which word has a silent p? (a) island (b) receipt (c) honest (d) hour
12. 12.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.Which word has a silent h? (a) sword (b) receipt (c) rhino (d) wrist
14. 14.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
16. 16.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
18. 18.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.Which word has a silent g? (a) knife (b) knee (c) sword (d) design
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) l (b) k (c) s (d) g
21. 21.Which word has a silent t? (a) wrist (b) listen (c) write (d) cupboard
22. 22.Which word has a silent w? (a) listen (b) wrist (c) debt (d) comb
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) t (c) b (d) g
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
25. 25.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.Which word has a silent k? (a) knee (b) write (c) fasten (d) two
27. 27.Which word has a silent s? (a) write (b) lamb (c) knot (d) aisle
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) p (b) s (c) t (d) g
30. 30.Which word has a silent s? (a) hour (b) comb (c) glisten (d) island
31. 31.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) t (b) k (c) s (d) w
33. 33.Which word has a silent k? (a) knob (b) wrist (c) doubt (d) answer
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) s (c) t (d) p
36. 36.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.Which word has a silent w? (a) folk (b) foreign (c) wrap (d) reign
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) b (b) l (c) h (d) t
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) w (b) k (c) h (d) b

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