Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 457 · 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) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
2. 2.Which word has a silent k? (a) rhino (b) castle (c) knit (d) island
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
4. 4.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) answer (c) knit (d) walk
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) chewing gum as you talk
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) l (b) h (c) t (d) b
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) t (b) s (c) w (d) p
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) t (b) l (c) k (d) w
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) g (b) t (c) p (d) b
11. 11.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) rushing long words
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) w (b) l (c) h (d) g
14. 14.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) climb (c) glisten (d) listen
15. 15.Which word has a silent s? (a) talk (b) knee (c) debt (d) island
16. 16.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) whisper it
17. 17.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
18. 18.Which word has a silent s? (a) answer (b) knife (c) aisle (d) wrist
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) a steady pace (d) saying word endings
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) b (b) p (c) l (d) t
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) guessing a hard name (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) mumbling into your chest (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) k (b) w (c) t (d) l
25. 25.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) w (b) k (c) t (d) l
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
28. 28.Which word has a silent k? (a) knife (b) doubt (c) two (d) comb
29. 29.Which word has a silent b? (a) sword (b) climb (c) wrist (d) raspberry
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) g (b) l (c) w (d) t
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) g (b) t (c) p (d) l
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) l (b) w (c) h (d) p
33. 33.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.Which word has a silent w? (a) crumb (b) lamb (c) knee (d) write
35. 35.Which word has a silent t? (a) wrap (b) sword (c) write (d) castle
36. 36.Which word has a silent p? (a) listen (b) fasten (c) receipt (d) knit
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
38. 38.Which word has a silent k? (a) yolk (b) cupboard (c) knob (d) lamb
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) l (c) w (d) p

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