Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 483 · 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 “reign”? (a) k (b) p (c) g (d) h
2. 2.Which word has a silent l? (a) wrist (b) calm (c) comb (d) castle
3. 3.👅 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
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
5. 5.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) k (b) p (c) w (d) l
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) a steady pace (c) rushing long words (d) opening your mouth well
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) p (b) w (c) t (d) b
9. 9.Which word has a silent h? (a) glisten (b) honest (c) comb (d) yolk
10. 10.Which word has a silent w? (a) receipt (b) write (c) cupboard (d) doubt
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) g (b) h (c) k (d) p
12. 12.Which word has a silent w? (a) glisten (b) yolk (c) wrap (d) rhino
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) t (b) k (c) s (d) w
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
15. 15.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) b (b) k (c) h (d) w
18. 18.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
20. 20.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) h (b) g (c) t (d) s
22. 22.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) t (c) b (d) p
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) checking names first
25. 25.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
27. 27.Which word has a silent p? (a) palm (b) listen (c) half (d) raspberry
28. 28.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) island (c) yolk (d) aisle
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) p (b) k (c) l (d) w
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) g (b) b (c) k (d) w
31. 31.Which word has a silent p? (a) write (b) doubt (c) cupboard (d) listen
32. 32.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.Which word has a silent l? (a) talk (b) reign (c) sign (d) aisle
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) s (b) t (c) k (d) b
35. 35.Which word has a silent b? (a) write (b) comb (c) island (d) foreign
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) b (b) h (c) s (d) p
37. 37.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) p (b) g (c) h (d) w
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?

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