Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 495 · 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.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
4. 4.Which word has a silent h? (a) knee (b) sign (c) rhino (d) cupboard
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) t (b) l (c) p (d) h
6. 6.Which word has a silent l? (a) talk (b) design (c) aisle (d) lamb
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) checking names first (d) dropping word endings
9. 9.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) b (b) w (c) k (d) p
11. 11.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) s (b) l (c) p (d) b
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
14. 14.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
15. 15.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) p (b) t (c) w (d) g
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent t? (a) answer (b) castle (c) debt (d) honest
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) p (b) w (c) g (d) b
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) rushing long words
25. 25.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) skip it
26. 26.Which word has a silent k? (a) debt (b) answer (c) knit (d) climb
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
28. 28.Which word has a silent p? (a) debt (b) fasten (c) cupboard (d) climb
29. 29.Which word has a silent h? (a) climb (b) honest (c) two (d) knee
30. 30.Which word has a silent g? (a) hour (b) lamb (c) design (d) comb
31. 31.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.Which word has a silent s? (a) raspberry (b) folk (c) island (d) sword
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
35. 35.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) p (b) s (c) k (d) b
37. 37.Which word has a silent l? (a) two (b) receipt (c) climb (d) calm
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent k? (a) knife (b) walk (c) palm (d) two
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) p (c) k (d) w

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