Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 508 · 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 w? (a) hour (b) comb (c) glisten (d) two
2. 2.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) b (b) l (c) k (d) w
5. 5.📖 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) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) w (b) g (c) h (d) s
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) covering your mouth
9. 9.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) k (b) l (c) b (d) w
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) a steady pace
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) w (b) b (c) k (d) h
13. 13.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) p (b) w (c) k (d) g
16. 16.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.Which word has a silent p? (a) palm (b) answer (c) receipt (d) lamb
18. 18.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) wrist (c) design (d) fasten
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) b (b) t (c) h (d) p
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) k (c) t (d) p
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
23. 23.Which word has a silent g? (a) honest (b) crumb (c) glisten (d) design
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent t? (a) debt (b) glisten (c) lamb (d) sword
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) breaking long words up
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) p (b) l (c) t (d) g
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) k (b) s (c) t (d) l
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) h (b) t (c) p (d) g
31. 31.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) skip it
32. 32.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
33. 33.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) cupboard (c) knit (d) castle
34. 34.Which word has a silent w? (a) knot (b) wrap (c) folk (d) talk
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) s (c) k (d) b
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) g (b) p (c) h (d) k
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) s (b) w (c) t (d) l

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