Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 405 · 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 “speech”?
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) b (b) g (c) w (d) t
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) g (b) h (c) w (d) k
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
5. 5.Which word has a silent w? (a) island (b) answer (c) knob (d) aisle
6. 6.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.Which word has a silent g? (a) island (b) knit (c) sign (d) calm
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) g (b) b (c) s (d) l
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) k (b) s (c) l (d) g
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) w (b) g (c) b (d) l
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) p (c) t (d) h
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) breaking long words up
13. 13.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.Which word has a silent l? (a) wrist (b) sword (c) folk (d) aisle
15. 15.Which word has a silent w? (a) yolk (b) calm (c) climb (d) wrap
16. 16.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
18. 18.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) knob (c) knee (d) knife
19. 19.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly
21. 21.Which word has a silent p? (a) design (b) receipt (c) knit (d) calm
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) k (b) t (c) p (d) b
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) p (c) t (d) k
26. 26.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
27. 27.Which word has a silent h? (a) write (b) hour (c) talk (d) castle
28. 28.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
30. 30.Which word has a silent w? (a) design (b) island (c) lamb (d) write
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) opening your mouth well
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent k? (a) two (b) wrap (c) glisten (d) knee
34. 34.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.Which word has a silent g? (a) lamb (b) rhino (c) design (d) folk
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) p (b) w (c) g (d) t
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) saying word endings
38. 38.Which word has a silent l? (a) answer (b) calm (c) wrap (d) foreign
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
40. 40.Which word has a silent b? (a) fasten (b) half (c) walk (d) lamb

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