Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 494 · 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 “knot”? (a) k (b) p (c) w (d) t
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
3. 3.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrap (b) rhino (c) answer (d) doubt
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) h (b) b (c) t (d) s
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
7. 7.👅 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
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) guessing a hard name
9. 9.Which word has a silent g? (a) crumb (b) receipt (c) yolk (d) design
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
13. 13.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) h (b) l (c) g (d) s
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) w (b) s (c) b (d) t
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
18. 18.📖 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) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) h (b) b (c) k (d) w
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) g (b) b (c) k (d) t
21. 21.Which word has a silent h? (a) folk (b) receipt (c) sword (d) rhino
22. 22.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent k? (a) comb (b) reign (c) knob (d) answer
25. 25.Which word has a silent w? (a) doubt (b) glisten (c) hour (d) two
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) rushing long words (c) a steady pace (d) mumbling into your chest
28. 28.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) b (b) w (c) t (d) k
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
31. 31.Which word has a silent g? (a) knob (b) reign (c) comb (d) castle
32. 32.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) s (c) p (d) k
36. 36.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) h (b) g (c) w (d) p
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing long words (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) g (b) l (c) h (d) b
40. 40.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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