Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 438 · 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 t? (a) cupboard (b) aisle (c) castle (d) crumb
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) g (b) w (c) l (d) b
5. 5.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) k (b) s (c) b (d) t
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) p (b) t (c) k (d) l
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) w (b) h (c) t (d) s
9. 9.Which word has a silent p? (a) design (b) lamb (c) receipt (d) sign
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) chewing gum as you talk
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) s (b) t (c) k (d) l
16. 16.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) whisper it
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
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 “foreign”? (a) l (b) k (c) g (d) w
20. 20.Which word has a silent t? (a) design (b) fasten (c) island (d) talk
21. 21.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) guess it on stage (c) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent g? (a) debt (b) reign (c) lamb (d) yolk
25. 25.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) two (c) honest (d) knit
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
28. 28.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) k (b) h (c) w (d) t
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) w (b) g (c) h (d) p
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) breaking long words up (d) guessing a hard name
33. 33.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent w? (a) knife (b) listen (c) cupboard (d) wrist
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) l (b) p (c) k (d) s
38. 38.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) g (b) p (c) l (d) s

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