Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 462 · 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 t? (a) half (b) answer (c) fasten (d) two
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) w (b) p (c) l (d) k
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
5. 5.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
7. 7.Which word has a silent g? (a) sword (b) knot (c) aisle (d) design
8. 8.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) b (b) s (c) w (d) h
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) t (b) w (c) g (d) l
13. 13.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) knob (c) aisle (d) island
14. 14.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
15. 15.Which word has a silent w? (a) design (b) doubt (c) wrist (d) honest
16. 16.Which word has a silent l? (a) wrap (b) honest (c) folk (d) foreign
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) opening your mouth well (d) tongue twister warm-ups
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
19. 19.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) dropping word endings (d) checking names first
21. 21.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) say it in one rush (d) whisper it
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) w (b) s (c) k (d) t
25. 25.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) l (b) w (c) b (d) t
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) w (b) h (c) t (d) p
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) s (b) k (c) h (d) w
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
30. 30.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) k (b) p (c) h (d) t
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) k (b) l (c) h (d) g
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) k (b) w (c) s (d) h
36. 36.Which word has a silent b? (a) palm (b) sign (c) hour (d) climb
37. 37.Which word has a silent h? (a) answer (b) calm (c) knob (d) hour
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) w (c) s (d) k
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
40. 40.👅 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

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