Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 428 · 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 opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
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 word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) fasten (c) sword (d) talk
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
6. 6.Which word has a silent w? (a) calm (b) design (c) palm (d) sword
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) k (b) b (c) p (d) g
8. 8.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) two (c) knee (d) island
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) p (b) t (c) w (d) g
10. 10.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) breaking long words up (c) a steady pace (d) chewing gum as you talk
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
13. 13.Which word has a silent k? (a) hour (b) debt (c) knob (d) half
14. 14.Which word has a silent g? (a) glisten (b) reign (c) talk (d) sword
15. 15.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.Which word has a silent w? (a) knee (b) reign (c) honest (d) write
17. 17.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) k (b) g (c) h (d) l
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) g (b) t (c) b (d) p
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) w (b) s (c) k (d) h
21. 21.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
23. 23.Which word has a silent t? (a) hour (b) knee (c) fasten (d) knit
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) k (b) h (c) s (d) w
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) k (b) t (c) p (d) b
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) t (b) g (c) p (d) k
28. 28.Which word has a silent b? (a) debt (b) hour (c) castle (d) knit
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
30. 30.👅 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
31. 31.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) breaking long words up (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) rushing long words (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
35. 35.Which word has a silent w? (a) talk (b) palm (c) cupboard (d) wrist
36. 36.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) s (b) g (c) t (d) b
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
40. 40.Which word has a silent p? (a) half (b) hour (c) design (d) cupboard

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