Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 49 · 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 “wrist”? (a) h (b) w (c) g (d) t
2. 2.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.Which word has a silent g? (a) design (b) cupboard (c) lamb (d) knit
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
5. 5.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
7. 7.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
9. 9.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) g (c) w (d) k
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) s (b) p (c) t (d) g
14. 14.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) listen (c) knot (d) foreign
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) p (b) l (c) g (d) h
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
18. 18.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) calm (c) listen (d) talk
19. 19.Which word has a silent w? (a) climb (b) sword (c) design (d) island
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) t (c) k (d) b
21. 21.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) covering your mouth (d) rushing long words
23. 23.Which word has a silent l? (a) calm (b) knob (c) lamb (d) hour
24. 24.Which word has a silent h? (a) knee (b) knot (c) folk (d) honest
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
26. 26.📖 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) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) p (b) t (c) l (d) s
28. 28.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) castle (c) glisten (d) debt
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent t? (a) walk (b) glisten (c) doubt (d) knot
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) a steady pace (c) checking names first (d) dropping word endings
32. 32.Which word has a silent h? (a) sign (b) hour (c) calm (d) glisten
33. 33.Which word has a silent k? (a) reign (b) knit (c) island (d) calm
34. 34.Which word has a silent s? (a) foreign (b) sign (c) reign (d) aisle
35. 35.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) rhino (c) knob (d) talk
36. 36.Which word has a silent k? (a) comb (b) two (c) knee (d) rhino
37. 37.Which word has a silent w? (a) knob (b) folk (c) island (d) write
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) p (b) w (c) k (d) l
40. 40.Which word has a silent l? (a) wrist (b) talk (c) honest (d) design

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