Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 504 · 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 word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) listen (c) calm (d) climb
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) s (b) p (c) k (d) l
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) g
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) l (b) w (c) h (d) b
6. 6.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) w (b) l (c) k (d) s
8. 8.Which word has a silent k? (a) write (b) crumb (c) knife (d) castle
9. 9.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) p (b) w (c) h (d) k
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) t (b) p (c) k (d) g
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) covering your mouth (c) saying word endings (d) checking names first
17. 17.Which word has a silent k? (a) knob (b) debt (c) reign (d) listen
18. 18.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) breaking long words up (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) b (b) g (c) p (d) k
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) p (c) k (d) l
22. 22.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) s (b) w (c) t (d) h
24. 24.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) b (c) s (d) h
27. 27.Which word has a silent t? (a) crumb (b) fasten (c) foreign (d) write
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) w (b) s (c) p (d) t
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) dropping word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
32. 32.Which word has a silent p? (a) lamb (b) raspberry (c) aisle (d) glisten
33. 33.Which word has a silent p? (a) glisten (b) cupboard (c) rhino (d) knife
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) k (b) w (c) s (d) h
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) b (b) l (c) s (d) k
36. 36.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) skip it
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) guessing a hard name (c) covering your mouth (d) tongue twister warm-ups
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) h (b) l (c) t (d) w
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) s (b) k (c) w (d) l
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) p (b) t (c) b (d) s

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