Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 470 · 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 “wrap”? (a) t (b) w (c) s (d) l
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) h (b) k (c) s (d) g
4. 4.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) h (b) k (c) g (d) w
6. 6.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) skip the name (d) guess it on stage
10. 10.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
12. 12.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent w? (a) palm (b) wrap (c) knit (d) crumb
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) checking names first
19. 19.Which word has a silent b? (a) island (b) wrap (c) lamb (d) knit
20. 20.Which word has a silent k? (a) palm (b) knee (c) castle (d) climb
21. 21.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) covering your mouth (c) opening your mouth well (d) a steady pace
23. 23.Which word has a silent s? (a) honest (b) sword (c) island (d) knit
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) mumbling into your chest
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
28. 28.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) k (b) t (c) h (d) w
31. 31.Which word has a silent t? (a) wrist (b) climb (c) castle (d) receipt
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) k (b) w (c) b (d) p
33. 33.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
36. 36.Which word has a silent w? (a) reign (b) calm (c) write (d) castle
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) mumbling into your chest (c) covering your mouth (d) rushing long words
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) w (b) t (c) l (d) g
40. 40.Which word has a silent b? (a) two (b) climb (c) yolk (d) design

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