Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 501 · 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 “glisten”? (a) k (b) b (c) h (d) t
2. 2.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) l (b) p (c) w (d) g
4. 4.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
5. 5.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
7. 7.Which word has a silent k? (a) palm (b) knife (c) answer (d) foreign
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) h (b) s (c) w (d) t
9. 9.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
10. 10.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
12. 12.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
15. 15.Which word has a silent l? (a) receipt (b) cupboard (c) folk (d) raspberry
16. 16.Which word has a silent l? (a) foreign (b) half (c) glisten (d) design
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) s (b) t (c) k (d) p
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
19. 19.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) p (b) l (c) s (d) h
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) a steady pace (d) covering your mouth
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) checking names first
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) w (b) p (c) s (d) h
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) a steady pace (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) covering your mouth
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) checking names first (d) dropping word endings
27. 27.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) p (b) k (c) g (d) t
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) h (b) b (c) l (d) w
32. 32.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) g (b) b (c) h (d) s
34. 34.Which word has a silent p? (a) debt (b) palm (c) knee (d) cupboard
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) w (b) s (c) h (d) l
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) h (b) l (c) k (d) b
38. 38.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.Which word has a silent k? (a) write (b) yolk (c) castle (d) knee

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