Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 440 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
2. 2.Which word has a silent g? (a) raspberry (b) sign (c) half (d) knee
3. 3.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) w (b) s (c) h (d) l
5. 5.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
6. 6.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) h (b) b (c) g (d) w
8. 8.Which word has a silent w? (a) foreign (b) cupboard (c) raspberry (d) wrist
9. 9.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) b (b) w (c) g (d) p
11. 11.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
14. 14.Which word has a silent l? (a) knit (b) fasten (c) talk (d) reign
15. 15.Which word has a silent k? (a) glisten (b) knit (c) wrist (d) design
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) b (c) p (d) k
17. 17.Which word has a silent s? (a) debt (b) island (c) knee (d) knot
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) k (b) t (c) l (d) p
19. 19.Which word has a silent t? (a) talk (b) palm (c) honest (d) glisten
20. 20.Which word has a silent t? (a) sword (b) two (c) knit (d) listen
21. 21.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
23. 23.Which word has a silent b? (a) knife (b) lamb (c) sign (d) wrap
24. 24.Which word has a silent s? (a) palm (b) folk (c) aisle (d) walk
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) checking names first (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) b (b) w (c) h (d) k
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) k (c) b (d) w
28. 28.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) g (c) s (d) k
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) w (b) b (c) k (d) t
32. 32.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
34. 34.Which word has a silent l? (a) design (b) sword (c) raspberry (d) palm
35. 35.Which word has a silent t? (a) design (b) two (c) fasten (d) write
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
38. 38.Which word has a silent b? (a) design (b) answer (c) folk (d) climb
39. 39.Which word has a silent l? (a) glisten (b) walk (c) knife (d) receipt
40. 40.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) knife (c) half (d) walk

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