Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 43 · 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 “sign”? (a) h (b) l (c) g (d) p
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
3. 3.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
6. 6.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
7. 7.Which word has a silent p? (a) debt (b) wrap (c) aisle (d) receipt
8. 8.🔤 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
9. 9.Which word has a silent w? (a) answer (b) comb (c) fasten (d) palm
10. 10.Which word has a silent s? (a) knife (b) comb (c) aisle (d) reign
11. 11.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) k (b) h (c) b (d) l
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) opening your mouth well (d) checking names first
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) saying word endings (d) covering your mouth
16. 16.Which word has a silent w? (a) reign (b) sword (c) knife (d) walk
17. 17.Which word has a silent l? (a) yolk (b) glisten (c) reign (d) knee
18. 18.Which word has a silent h? (a) foreign (b) two (c) knee (d) honest
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) k (d) b
21. 21.Which word has a silent w? (a) half (b) crumb (c) write (d) folk
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) rushing long words (c) breaking long words up (d) covering your mouth
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) p (b) t (c) l (d) g
24. 24.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) doubt (c) listen (d) receipt
25. 25.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
26. 26.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) saying word endings (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
28. 28.Which word has a silent t? (a) knife (b) honest (c) castle (d) sign
29. 29.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) knob (c) walk (d) calm
30. 30.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) b (b) h (c) w (d) g
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
34. 34.Which word has a silent k? (a) honest (b) glisten (c) knife (d) write
35. 35.Which word has a silent k? (a) sword (b) knee (c) wrist (d) raspberry
36. 36.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) checking names first (c) opening your mouth well (d) saying word endings
37. 37.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) l (b) s (c) k (d) w
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) b (b) w (c) g (d) l
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?

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