Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 456 · 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.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) tongue twister warm-ups
3. 3.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrist (b) talk (c) climb (d) knot
4. 4.Which word has a silent b? (a) climb (b) rhino (c) castle (d) island
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) g (d) w
7. 7.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) t (b) b (c) s (d) h
9. 9.Which word has a silent h? (a) listen (b) knot (c) rhino (d) walk
10. 10.Which word has a silent g? (a) knife (b) honest (c) foreign (d) wrap
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) w (b) g (c) t (d) l
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) guessing a hard name (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) w (b) s (c) k (d) g
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) b (b) t (c) w (d) k
15. 15.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) k (b) t (c) s (d) l
17. 17.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) covering your mouth (c) a steady pace (d) saying word endings
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) b
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
22. 22.Which word has a silent l? (a) calm (b) answer (c) glisten (d) knee
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent h? (a) calm (b) walk (c) hour (d) knit
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) t (c) s (d) g
26. 26.Which word has a silent g? (a) sign (b) debt (c) glisten (d) folk
27. 27.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.Which word has a silent w? (a) lamb (b) crumb (c) wrist (d) sign
29. 29.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) s (b) p (c) l (d) b
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) w (b) b (c) h (d) k
33. 33.Which word has a silent t? (a) climb (b) glisten (c) design (d) doubt
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
35. 35.Which word has a silent l? (a) walk (b) sword (c) answer (d) knot
36. 36.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
38. 38.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) rhino (c) receipt (d) glisten
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) rushing long words (d) tongue twister warm-ups
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) t (b) b (c) l (d) w

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