Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 487 · 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 “palm”? (a) b (b) l (c) h (d) k
2. 2.👅 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
3. 3.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) p (b) b (c) h (d) g
5. 5.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) p (b) k (c) h (d) l
8. 8.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
10. 10.🔤 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
11. 11.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.📖 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) mumble it quickly (d) guess it on stage
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
14. 14.Which word has a silent k? (a) reign (b) knit (c) lamb (d) rhino
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) g (b) w (c) p (d) h
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) g (c) k (d) t
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) h (b) w (c) t (d) b
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) b (b) w (c) l (d) p
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) s (b) p (c) h (d) k
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) dropping word endings
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
24. 24.Which word has a silent g? (a) fasten (b) design (c) aisle (d) walk
25. 25.Which word has a silent s? (a) comb (b) walk (c) sign (d) aisle
26. 26.Which word has a silent l? (a) palm (b) honest (c) knife (d) debt
27. 27.Which word has a silent g? (a) wrist (b) fasten (c) raspberry (d) sign
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) covering your mouth (d) a steady pace
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) t (b) k (c) w (d) g
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) s (b) p (c) w (d) l
33. 33.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.Which word has a silent g? (a) fasten (b) raspberry (c) crumb (d) foreign
35. 35.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
37. 37.Which word has a silent h? (a) receipt (b) wrist (c) hour (d) castle
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent t? (a) raspberry (b) knife (c) glisten (d) wrist
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) breaking long words up (c) saying word endings (d) rushing long words

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