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Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 455 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
  2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
  3. 3.Which word has a silent g? (a) write (b) knit (c) sign (d) castle
  4. 4.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
  5. 5.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) castle (c) knot (d) folk
  6. 6.Which word has a silent t? (a) wrap (b) castle (c) crumb (d) yolk
  7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) b (b) k (c) g (d) w
  8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) s (b) b (c) p (d) g
  9. 9.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) answer (c) walk (d) wrist
  10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
  11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) s (b) g (c) l (d) p
  12. 12.Which word has a silent w? (a) folk (b) sign (c) two (d) crumb
  13. 13.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
  14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing long words (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
  15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
  16. 16.Which word has a silent k? (a) calm (b) knife (c) write (d) wrist
  17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
  18. 18.Which word has a silent l? (a) two (b) palm (c) write (d) crumb
  19. 19.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
  20. 20.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
  21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) breaking long words up (c) opening your mouth well (d) checking names first
  22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
  23. 23.Which word has a silent g? (a) aisle (b) design (c) debt (d) sword
  24. 24.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) glisten (c) listen (d) knee
  25. 25.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
  26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) b (b) g (c) h (d) l
  27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) h (b) g (c) w (d) s
  28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) s (b) t (c) g (d) k
  29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) s (b) h (c) t (d) p
  30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
  31. 31.Which word has a silent l? (a) write (b) folk (c) castle (d) glisten
  32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) k (b) b (c) w (d) l
  33. 33.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
  34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) s (c) l (d) t
  35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) k (b) g (c) b (d) h
  36. 36.Which word has a silent k? (a) hour (b) design (c) sword (d) knob
  37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
  38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) s (c) w (d) k
  39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
  40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. sign
  4. helps clear speech
  5. wrap
  6. castle
  7. k
  8. b
  9. receipt
  10. 4
  11. l
  12. two
  13. makes speech unclear
  14. checking names first
  15. opening your mouth well
  16. knife
  17. 2
  18. palm
  19. makes speech unclear
  20. dropping word endings
  21. mumbling into your chest
  22. 5
  23. design
  24. write
  25. helps clear speech
  26. l
  27. w
  28. k
  29. t
  30. 2
  31. folk
  32. b
  33. helps clear speech
  34. w
  35. g
  36. knob
  37. 4
  38. l
  39. 5
  40. 4

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