Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 444 · 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.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) g (b) w (c) s (d) l
3. 3.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
4. 4.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
5. 5.Which word has a silent s? (a) hour (b) aisle (c) wrist (d) wrap
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) t (b) p (c) k (d) w
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) p (b) t (c) k (d) w
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) saying word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) t (b) k (c) s (d) b
10. 10.Which word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) listen (c) rhino (d) doubt
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) a steady pace
13. 13.Which word has a silent h? (a) knob (b) foreign (c) hour (d) knot
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) h (c) k (d) w
15. 15.Which word has a silent w? (a) lamb (b) knit (c) wrap (d) doubt
16. 16.Which word has a silent b? (a) knee (b) debt (c) foreign (d) palm
17. 17.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) design (c) glisten (d) talk
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) w (b) k (c) b (d) p
20. 20.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
23. 23.Which word has a silent k? (a) rhino (b) knee (c) sword (d) climb
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) h (b) g (c) b (d) w
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
27. 27.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) saying word endings
29. 29.Which word has a silent t? (a) foreign (b) glisten (c) folk (d) raspberry
30. 30.🔤 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
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent t? (a) two (b) yolk (c) fasten (d) knob
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) rushing long words
34. 34.Which word has a silent b? (a) raspberry (b) foreign (c) glisten (d) comb
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) g (b) w (c) l (d) s
36. 36.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) checking names first
37. 37.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
38. 38.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) k (c) s (d) p
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) b (b) l (c) t (d) w

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