Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 461 · 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 word has a silent w? (a) write (b) fasten (c) castle (d) honest
2. 2.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
4. 4.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
5. 5.📖 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) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) l (b) p (c) k (d) t
7. 7.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.Which word has a silent b? (a) climb (b) castle (c) raspberry (d) yolk
9. 9.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent b? (a) raspberry (b) knob (c) lamb (d) glisten
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 makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) guessing a hard name (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
15. 15.Which word has a silent k? (a) knee (b) hour (c) crumb (d) foreign
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) s (b) k (c) g (d) h
17. 17.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) knob (c) answer (d) climb
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) g (b) b (c) t (d) l
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) g (b) l (c) w (d) t
21. 21.Which word has a silent w? (a) crumb (b) climb (c) wrist (d) cupboard
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) opening your mouth well (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
24. 24.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) h (b) b (c) g (d) w
26. 26.Which word has a silent h? (a) knob (b) raspberry (c) design (d) honest
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) b (b) k (c) w (d) p
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) w (b) k (c) t (d) p
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) opening your mouth well
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) l (b) s (c) p (d) h
32. 32.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) b (b) t (c) s (d) k
34. 34.Which word has a silent k? (a) foreign (b) design (c) glisten (d) knot
35. 35.Which word has a silent l? (a) design (b) debt (c) rhino (d) talk
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) w (b) l (c) b (d) g
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) s (b) t (c) g (d) w
38. 38.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) s (c) k (d) l

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