Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 443 · 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 of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
2. 2.Which word has a silent t? (a) hour (b) write (c) debt (d) glisten
3. 3.Which word has a silent l? (a) palm (b) fasten (c) debt (d) island
4. 4.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) skip it
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) checking names first
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) g (b) s (c) k (d) w
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) saying word endings (c) checking names first (d) opening your mouth well
8. 8.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
9. 9.Which word has a silent p? (a) debt (b) knob (c) talk (d) raspberry
10. 10.Which word has a silent b? (a) reign (b) calm (c) comb (d) knee
11. 11.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) t (b) k (c) g (d) w
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) b (b) t (c) l (d) w
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) k (b) p (c) l (d) g
17. 17.Which word has a silent h? (a) talk (b) wrist (c) hour (d) knife
18. 18.Which word has a silent g? (a) rhino (b) knot (c) design (d) wrist
19. 19.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.Which word has a silent l? (a) sign (b) calm (c) hour (d) foreign
21. 21.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) skip the name (c) guess it on stage (d) mumble it quickly
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) b (b) w (c) l (d) g
23. 23.Which word has a silent h? (a) sword (b) rhino (c) crumb (d) design
24. 24.Which word has a silent k? (a) island (b) knot (c) hour (d) write
25. 25.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) b (b) t (c) w (d) l
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) l (b) t (c) h (d) b
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) b (b) k (c) l (d) s
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) t (b) p (c) b (d) w
31. 31.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) g (b) s (c) b (d) l
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
36. 36.Which word has a silent t? (a) knit (b) knee (c) lamb (d) listen
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) t (b) l (c) g (d) k
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
40. 40.Which word has a silent b? (a) design (b) wrist (c) yolk (d) lamb

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