Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 400 · 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) checking names first (b) rushing long words (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
2. 2.Which word has a silent b? (a) half (b) yolk (c) crumb (d) sign
3. 3.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
4. 4.Which word has a silent w? (a) honest (b) castle (c) cupboard (d) sword
5. 5.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) s (b) b (c) k (d) w
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) b (b) t (c) h (d) p
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) p (b) s (c) g (d) k
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) w (b) s (c) p (d) g
11. 11.Which word has a silent w? (a) aisle (b) knit (c) wrap (d) palm
12. 12.Which word has a silent g? (a) talk (b) sign (c) knee (d) answer
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
14. 14.Which word has a silent l? (a) calm (b) write (c) climb (d) wrap
15. 15.Which word has a silent k? (a) debt (b) listen (c) fasten (d) knee
16. 16.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
17. 17.Which word has a silent s? (a) half (b) folk (c) knot (d) island
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) breaking long words up (d) tongue twister warm-ups
19. 19.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) glisten (c) climb (d) write
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) p (b) s (c) b (d) h
21. 21.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) knot (c) lamb (d) foreign
22. 22.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) g (b) k (c) b (d) h
25. 25.Which word has a silent s? (a) climb (b) doubt (c) aisle (d) palm
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) s (b) p (c) k (d) b
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) w (b) b (c) p (d) t
28. 28.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) yolk (c) debt (d) knot
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) w (c) p (d) l
30. 30.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) skip the name (d) guess it on stage
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
32. 32.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
34. 34.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) checking names first (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
36. 36.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) h (b) g (c) k (d) w
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) b (b) p (c) k (d) w
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?

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