Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 509 · 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) knit (b) fasten (c) two (d) island
2. 2.Which word has a silent p? (a) knife (b) knee (c) talk (d) receipt
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) g (b) p (c) w (d) k
4. 4.Which word has a silent p? (a) design (b) honest (c) half (d) cupboard
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) l (b) b (c) h (d) t
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) saying word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) chewing gum as you talk
8. 8.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) guessing a hard name
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
12. 12.Which word has a silent b? (a) yolk (b) aisle (c) debt (d) listen
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) b (c) p (d) l
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) g (b) h (c) t (d) b
17. 17.Which word has a silent s? (a) yolk (b) island (c) cupboard (d) two
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
19. 19.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) l (b) g (c) k (d) w
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) s (b) w (c) l (d) h
23. 23.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) a steady pace
26. 26.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) w (b) p (c) k (d) b
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) b (b) h (c) t (d) k
30. 30.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) p (b) b (c) g (d) l
32. 32.Which word has a silent l? (a) reign (b) fasten (c) sword (d) walk
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) breaking long words up
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) g (b) p (c) w (d) l
36. 36.Which word has a silent h? (a) walk (b) listen (c) yolk (d) honest
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) l (b) w (c) s (d) k
39. 39.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly

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