Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 471 · 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 of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) saying word endings (c) dropping word endings (d) covering your mouth
2. 2.Which word has a silent b? (a) two (b) glisten (c) lamb (d) answer
3. 3.📖 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) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
4. 4.Which word has a silent t? (a) reign (b) castle (c) wrist (d) climb
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) w (b) h (c) s (d) l
6. 6.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) s (b) t (c) l (d) h
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) saying word endings
9. 9.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) p (c) g (d) h
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) k (b) p (c) l (d) s
12. 12.Which word has a silent p? (a) reign (b) cupboard (c) lamb (d) debt
13. 13.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) testing your hearing
16. 16.Which word has a silent s? (a) answer (b) listen (c) knot (d) island
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) w (b) h (c) p (d) g
19. 19.Which word has a silent p? (a) half (b) receipt (c) foreign (d) wrist
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) p (b) t (c) l (d) g
21. 21.Which word has a silent g? (a) knife (b) knot (c) reign (d) aisle
22. 22.Which word has a silent t? (a) design (b) calm (c) fasten (d) receipt
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) w (b) t (c) k (d) h
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent k? (a) calm (b) glisten (c) lamb (d) knot
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) w (b) k (c) p (d) s
27. 27.Which word has a silent k? (a) calm (b) glisten (c) half (d) knit
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) k (b) t (c) l (d) b
30. 30.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) guessing a hard name
34. 34.Which word has a silent h? (a) sword (b) listen (c) honest (d) foreign
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) w (b) h (c) k (d) g
36. 36.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) saying word endings
37. 37.Which word has a silent b? (a) knife (b) cupboard (c) climb (d) write
38. 38.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) break it into syllables (c) say it in one rush (d) skip it
39. 39.Which word has a silent h? (a) knee (b) knit (c) palm (d) hour
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?

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