Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 437 · 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 h? (a) knee (b) hour (c) fasten (d) palm
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) l (b) g (c) t (d) p
4. 4.Which word has a silent w? (a) listen (b) sword (c) rhino (d) island
5. 5.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
8. 8.Which word has a silent g? (a) fasten (b) doubt (c) cupboard (d) design
9. 9.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
11. 11.Which word has a silent w? (a) foreign (b) answer (c) debt (d) cupboard
12. 12.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) p (b) k (c) g (d) l
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) s (b) g (c) p (d) l
15. 15.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) say it in one rush (c) skip it (d) whisper it
16. 16.Which word has a silent t? (a) fasten (b) comb (c) knob (d) reign
17. 17.Which word has a silent g? (a) palm (b) two (c) sign (d) listen
18. 18.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) l (b) g (c) k (d) b
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) breaking long words up (c) mumbling into your chest (d) dropping word endings
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) l (b) s (c) w (d) b
22. 22.Which word has a silent p? (a) climb (b) knife (c) receipt (d) sword
23. 23.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
25. 25.Which word has a silent t? (a) answer (b) knot (c) glisten (d) talk
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) a steady pace (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
30. 30.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) b (b) s (c) w (d) l
35. 35.Which word has a silent t? (a) cupboard (b) castle (c) two (d) knee
36. 36.Which word has a silent b? (a) sword (b) knot (c) listen (d) comb
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) w (b) k (c) t (d) h
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
39. 39.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
40. 40.Which word has a silent l? (a) foreign (b) fasten (c) hour (d) half

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