Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 430 · 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 b? (a) wrist (b) wrap (c) lamb (d) knob
2. 2.Which word has a silent g? (a) design (b) receipt (c) doubt (d) knob
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
4. 4.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) breaking long words up
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
9. 9.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) k (b) g (c) p (d) b
11. 11.Which word has a silent t? (a) sign (b) palm (c) calm (d) castle
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) t (c) h (d) w
14. 14.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) t (b) k (c) h (d) g
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) checking names first (c) opening your mouth well (d) chewing gum as you talk
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
19. 19.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) rhino (c) debt (d) aisle
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent p? (a) knot (b) doubt (c) raspberry (d) foreign
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) t (c) b (d) w
23. 23.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
24. 24.Which word has a silent k? (a) comb (b) design (c) yolk (d) knee
25. 25.Which word has a silent s? (a) knee (b) walk (c) write (d) island
26. 26.Which word has a silent h? (a) glisten (b) hour (c) raspberry (d) talk
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
29. 29.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) g (b) l (c) w (d) b
31. 31.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
33. 33.📖 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
34. 34.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
35. 35.Which word has a silent w? (a) cupboard (b) answer (c) debt (d) knit
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) s (b) k (c) w (d) b
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) k (b) g (c) l (d) w
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) guessing a hard name
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?

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