Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 397 · 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 “topic”?
2. 2.Which word has a silent b? (a) knob (b) climb (c) knife (d) answer
3. 3.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.Which word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) wrist (c) doubt (d) knit
5. 5.📖 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) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) k (b) w (c) t (d) b
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) b (b) t (c) p (d) g
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) k (b) p (c) g (d) w
9. 9.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.Which word has a silent g? (a) yolk (b) wrist (c) cupboard (d) sign
11. 11.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
13. 13.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
15. 15.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
19. 19.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent k? (a) rhino (b) knit (c) calm (d) glisten
22. 22.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) breaking long words up (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) g (b) k (c) w (d) t
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) crumb (c) rhino (d) walk
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) s (b) w (c) k (d) b
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) s (b) w (c) g (d) l
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) p (b) k (c) t (d) w
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) h (b) s (c) b (d) t
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) k (b) s (c) p (d) w
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) l (b) k (c) g (d) w
36. 36.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) g (b) h (c) l (d) t
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) write (c) foreign (d) knot
40. 40.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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