Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 464 · 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 consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) b (b) k (c) h (d) w
2. 2.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
5. 5.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) g (b) t (c) b (d) s
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) g (c) h (d) s
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) t (b) g (c) p (d) k
9. 9.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
12. 12.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.Which word has a silent h? (a) knit (b) sword (c) hour (d) folk
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) opening your mouth well (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
15. 15.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
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.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
18. 18.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) yolk (c) raspberry (d) answer
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) h (b) k (c) b (d) t
20. 20.Which word has a silent b? (a) knob (b) knot (c) comb (d) knit
21. 21.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
23. 23.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.Which word has a silent s? (a) climb (b) yolk (c) aisle (d) write
25. 25.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) b (b) h (c) w (d) l
27. 27.Which word has a silent g? (a) yolk (b) castle (c) climb (d) design
28. 28.Which word has a silent k? (a) sign (b) knit (c) yolk (d) hour
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) s (b) p (c) b (d) w
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
31. 31.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) s (b) l (c) w (d) b
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) a steady pace (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) h (b) p (c) l (d) w
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) a steady pace (c) mumbling into your chest (d) rushing long words
37. 37.Which word has a silent l? (a) fasten (b) debt (c) folk (d) knife
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) w (b) b (c) t (d) k
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
40. 40.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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