Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 417 · 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.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.Which word has a silent w? (a) raspberry (b) answer (c) knob (d) honest
3. 3.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) g (c) p (d) h
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) p (b) l (c) w (d) k
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) p (b) l (c) w (d) g
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) t (b) g (c) h (d) s
9. 9.Which word has a silent s? (a) wrist (b) aisle (c) walk (d) two
10. 10.Which word has a silent b? (a) hour (b) crumb (c) aisle (d) write
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) w (b) l (c) b (d) g
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) t (b) k (c) l (d) s
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) t (b) b (c) w (d) s
21. 21.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) covering your mouth
24. 24.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) folk (c) rhino (d) glisten
25. 25.Which word has a silent g? (a) rhino (b) reign (c) calm (d) yolk
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) breaking long words up (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
28. 28.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
29. 29.Which word has a silent t? (a) talk (b) knot (c) sword (d) fasten
30. 30.Which word has a silent t? (a) half (b) design (c) castle (d) knot
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) wrist (c) honest (d) knife
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) l (b) w (c) k (d) s
35. 35.📖 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) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
37. 37.Which word has a silent k? (a) walk (b) honest (c) knob (d) island
38. 38.Which word has a silent b? (a) castle (b) sword (c) comb (d) wrap
39. 39.Which word has a silent g? (a) doubt (b) calm (c) comb (d) sign
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) g (b) h (c) l (d) b

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