Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 512 · 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 of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
2. 2.Which word has a silent k? (a) calm (b) honest (c) sign (d) knee
3. 3.Which word has a silent k? (a) fasten (b) two (c) listen (d) knife
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
5. 5.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) skip the name (c) guess it on stage (d) mumble it quickly
6. 6.Which word has a silent s? (a) wrap (b) island (c) half (d) design
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) s (b) p (c) t (d) g
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
9. 9.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.Which word has a silent b? (a) island (b) knife (c) cupboard (d) crumb
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) b (c) p (d) s
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) breaking long words up (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
14. 14.Which word has a silent g? (a) wrap (b) sign (c) climb (d) knife
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) k (b) b (c) l (d) t
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) l (b) p (c) h (d) g
17. 17.Which word has a silent s? (a) debt (b) knob (c) knit (d) aisle
18. 18.👅 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
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) p (b) w (c) t (d) h
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent g? (a) cupboard (b) debt (c) write (d) reign
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) b (b) k (c) w (d) g
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) g (b) b (c) t (d) s
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
26. 26.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
27. 27.Which word has a silent k? (a) calm (b) write (c) knit (d) half
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
29. 29.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent t? (a) wrap (b) fasten (c) design (d) sign
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) w (b) s (c) k (d) b
34. 34.Which word has a silent t? (a) castle (b) reign (c) aisle (d) cupboard
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) b (b) p (c) l (d) k
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) mumbling into your chest (c) checking names first (d) a steady pace
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) s (b) k (c) h (d) b
40. 40.Which word has a silent b? (a) glisten (b) lamb (c) half (d) two

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