Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 481 · 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 s? (a) design (b) listen (c) rhino (d) island
2. 2.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
5. 5.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.Which word has a silent w? (a) half (b) rhino (c) write (d) knob
7. 7.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
9. 9.Which word has a silent h? (a) climb (b) rhino (c) folk (d) fasten
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) l (b) g (c) t (d) k
11. 11.Which word has a silent h? (a) half (b) knife (c) doubt (d) honest
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
13. 13.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) g (c) s (d) b
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) l (b) t (c) k (d) b
16. 16.Which word has a silent k? (a) half (b) listen (c) knife (d) talk
17. 17.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) t (b) w (c) h (d) l
19. 19.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) g (b) b (c) w (d) p
22. 22.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) p (b) t (c) w (d) l
24. 24.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) mumble it quickly
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) l (b) k (c) w (d) p
26. 26.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
27. 27.Which word has a silent l? (a) walk (b) answer (c) island (d) knee
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
29. 29.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrap (b) knee (c) talk (d) raspberry
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
31. 31.Which word has a silent h? (a) knot (b) calm (c) hour (d) sword
32. 32.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) w (b) s (c) t (d) g
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent l? (a) yolk (b) design (c) wrist (d) fasten
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
37. 37.Which word has a silent b? (a) fasten (b) answer (c) debt (d) hour
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) t (b) w (c) b (d) s
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) b (b) k (c) h (d) g

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