Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 463 · 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) palm (b) fasten (c) wrist (d) crumb
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) b (b) h (c) l (d) t
3. 3.👅 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
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) covering your mouth (c) rushing long words (d) guessing a hard name
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
6. 6.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) covering your mouth
8. 8.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent k? (a) fasten (b) knit (c) lamb (d) folk
13. 13.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.Which word has a silent w? (a) fasten (b) folk (c) listen (d) write
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) h (b) k (c) p (d) s
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) rushing long words
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) k (b) t (c) b (d) w
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) p (c) k (d) s
20. 20.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
21. 21.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
22. 22.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrist (b) cupboard (c) yolk (d) calm
23. 23.Which word has a silent s? (a) two (b) write (c) palm (d) island
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) saying word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) s (b) p (c) g (d) h
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) breaking long words up (c) guessing a hard name (d) saying word endings
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) w (b) l (c) s (d) b
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) g (b) k (c) w (d) b
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) g (b) h (c) p (d) l
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) s (b) b (c) g (d) p
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) t (b) s (c) l (d) w
35. 35.Which word has a silent k? (a) knot (b) answer (c) palm (d) honest
36. 36.Which word has a silent l? (a) wrist (b) palm (c) comb (d) hour
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) s (c) l (d) g
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) g (b) s (c) k (d) b
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) g (b) w (c) s (d) p
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?

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