Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 482 · 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 “yolk”? (a) w (b) l (c) g (d) p
2. 2.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
5. 5.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.Which word has a silent h? (a) foreign (b) wrist (c) knot (d) hour
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) w (c) t (d) b
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) s (b) t (c) w (d) h
9. 9.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) calm (c) wrist (d) crumb
10. 10.Which word has a silent b? (a) comb (b) half (c) design (d) sign
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) w (b) t (c) h (d) s
13. 13.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) s (b) h (c) k (d) p
15. 15.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) w (c) k (d) s
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) p (b) g (c) h (d) b
19. 19.Which word has a silent w? (a) design (b) answer (c) climb (d) reign
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) h (c) s (d) g
22. 22.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.Which word has a silent t? (a) design (b) glisten (c) folk (d) crumb
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) g (c) b (d) k
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) breaking long words up (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
26. 26.📖 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) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
27. 27.Which word has a silent s? (a) lamb (b) wrist (c) island (d) yolk
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) h (b) g (c) k (d) w
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
34. 34.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
35. 35.Which word has a silent b? (a) receipt (b) reign (c) debt (d) rhino
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) aisle (b) palm (c) reign (d) comb
37. 37.Which word has a silent s? (a) talk (b) knit (c) two (d) aisle
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) guessing a hard name
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) h (b) p (c) l (d) s

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