Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 485 · 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 “foreign”? (a) l (b) g (c) w (d) s
2. 2.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) b (b) p (c) k (d) t
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) l (b) k (c) h (d) w
5. 5.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) skip the name (d) guess it on stage
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) g (b) p (c) h (d) k
7. 7.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) breaking long words up (c) saying word endings (d) covering your mouth
11. 11.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
13. 13.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) t (c) w (d) b
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) saying word endings
16. 16.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) fasten (c) write (d) palm
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) rushing long words (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) s (b) w (c) l (d) t
19. 19.Which word has a silent w? (a) calm (b) receipt (c) doubt (d) write
20. 20.Which word has a silent h? (a) doubt (b) debt (c) rhino (d) answer
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) g (b) t (c) w (d) l
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) chewing gum as you talk
23. 23.Which word has a silent l? (a) fasten (b) raspberry (c) glisten (d) walk
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) h (b) s (c) l (d) w
25. 25.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) mumbling into your chest (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
27. 27.Which word has a silent s? (a) listen (b) island (c) knit (d) doubt
28. 28.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) s (b) h (c) g (d) b
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) h (b) b (c) g (d) t
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
34. 34.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
37. 37.Which word has a silent b? (a) lamb (b) foreign (c) castle (d) island
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent w? (a) lamb (b) wrist (c) listen (d) knife
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?

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