Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 423 · 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 word has a silent l? (a) yolk (b) castle (c) foreign (d) knob
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
3. 3.Which word has a silent p? (a) walk (b) listen (c) raspberry (d) crumb
4. 4.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) g (b) p (c) w (d) h
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) b (b) k (c) s (d) t
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) p (b) w (c) g (d) b
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
14. 14.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
16. 16.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
19. 19.Which word has a silent k? (a) lamb (b) knob (c) calm (d) crumb
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) rushing long words
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) breaking long words up
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) tongue twister warm-ups
24. 24.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
25. 25.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) two (c) wrist (d) half
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) g (b) s (c) k (d) t
28. 28.Which word has a silent g? (a) aisle (b) design (c) walk (d) receipt
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent l? (a) design (b) aisle (c) calm (d) reign
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) k (b) s (c) l (d) w
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
33. 33.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) g (b) k (c) l (d) s
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
36. 36.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.Which word has a silent w? (a) answer (b) rhino (c) fasten (d) island
38. 38.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) rushing long words
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) k (b) b (c) t (d) g

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