Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 422 · 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 consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) h (b) b (c) k (d) g
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) b (b) l (c) p (d) k
3. 3.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) guessing a hard name
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) g (b) w (c) p (d) k
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
10. 10.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.Which word has a silent k? (a) doubt (b) knee (c) half (d) wrist
13. 13.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) raspberry (c) yolk (d) walk
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
15. 15.Which word has a silent s? (a) castle (b) aisle (c) yolk (d) write
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) w (b) t (c) s (d) g
17. 17.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) b (c) h (d) w
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
20. 20.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
21. 21.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) debt (c) folk (d) honest
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) h (b) g (c) p (d) t
24. 24.Which word has a silent l? (a) knot (b) talk (c) answer (d) foreign
25. 25.Which word has a silent g? (a) knit (b) castle (c) receipt (d) sign
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) calm (c) lamb (d) knit
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) l (b) b (c) k (d) w
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) h (b) w (c) b (d) l
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) p (b) g (c) l (d) b
30. 30.Which word has a silent t? (a) glisten (b) folk (c) island (d) cupboard
31. 31.Which word has a silent k? (a) receipt (b) knife (c) cupboard (d) island
32. 32.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
33. 33.Which word has a silent g? (a) climb (b) foreign (c) hour (d) lamb
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) t (b) k (c) g (d) h
36. 36.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) covering your mouth
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent t? (a) knob (b) wrap (c) debt (d) fasten
40. 40.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) breaking long words up (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words

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