Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 401 · 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 “examination”?
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) s (b) k (c) l (d) w
3. 3.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.Which word has a silent k? (a) knife (b) palm (c) comb (d) honest
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) breaking long words up (d) tongue twister warm-ups
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
8. 8.Which word has a silent l? (a) knob (b) climb (c) folk (d) castle
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
10. 10.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) crumb (c) calm (d) knife
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
12. 12.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) k (b) g (c) h (d) l
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) h (b) p (c) k (d) w
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) k (b) g (c) l (d) t
16. 16.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) g (b) t (c) k (d) h
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) w (b) s (c) k (d) b
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) g (b) l (c) k (d) p
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
23. 23.Which word has a silent s? (a) write (b) crumb (c) island (d) castle
24. 24.Which word has a silent t? (a) glisten (b) calm (c) crumb (d) knot
25. 25.Which word has a silent p? (a) rhino (b) knot (c) sword (d) raspberry
26. 26.Which word has a silent p? (a) rhino (b) receipt (c) hour (d) wrap
27. 27.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) b (b) g (c) h (d) w
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
31. 31.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) yolk (c) talk (d) write
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) b (b) t (c) p (d) w
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) g (c) p (d) l
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) t (b) w (c) b (d) s
35. 35.Which word has a silent h? (a) listen (b) lamb (c) hour (d) doubt
36. 36.Which word has a silent t? (a) aisle (b) lamb (c) castle (d) wrist
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
38. 38.Which word has a silent s? (a) raspberry (b) doubt (c) castle (d) aisle
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) rushing long words (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
40. 40.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) a steady pace (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest

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