Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 413 · 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 “together”?
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) b (b) k (c) w (d) s
3. 3.Which word has a silent p? (a) palm (b) fasten (c) hour (d) receipt
4. 4.👅 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
5. 5.Which word has a silent k? (a) two (b) listen (c) glisten (d) knit
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) rushing long words (c) dropping word endings (d) covering your mouth
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) p (b) b (c) h (d) k
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) s (b) g (c) l (d) k
12. 12.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
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
15. 15.Which word has a silent l? (a) castle (b) palm (c) crumb (d) lamb
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
17. 17.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.Which word has a silent g? (a) cupboard (b) climb (c) wrist (d) sign
19. 19.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
22. 22.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) lamb (c) hour (d) crumb
23. 23.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent b? (a) folk (b) glisten (c) debt (d) two
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) lamb (b) climb (c) wrap (d) foreign
27. 27.Which word has a silent l? (a) raspberry (b) crumb (c) calm (d) foreign
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) w (c) t (d) k
29. 29.Which word has a silent k? (a) knob (b) cupboard (c) crumb (d) reign
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) k (b) b (c) s (d) t
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
32. 32.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) g (b) w (c) s (d) l
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) covering your mouth (c) rushing long words (d) chewing gum as you talk
35. 35.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) t (b) p (c) s (d) b
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) p (b) g (c) k (d) t
39. 39.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) mumbling into your chest

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