Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 518 · 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 k? (a) knob (b) talk (c) sign (d) castle
2. 2.📖 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
3. 3.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) w (b) h (c) k (d) b
7. 7.Which word has a silent p? (a) knot (b) raspberry (c) knit (d) yolk
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) g (b) w (c) p (d) l
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) g (b) l (c) t (d) h
10. 10.Which word has a silent k? (a) knee (b) answer (c) debt (d) crumb
11. 11.Which word has a silent g? (a) cupboard (b) talk (c) aisle (d) design
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) s (b) t (c) k (d) p
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) b (c) p (d) g
14. 14.Which word has a silent s? (a) knob (b) aisle (c) knot (d) cupboard
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) a steady pace (d) covering your mouth
17. 17.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) raspberry (c) walk (d) foreign
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) s (c) w (d) t
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) saying word endings
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
21. 21.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) b (c) g (d) s
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) h (b) b (c) w (d) l
25. 25.Which word has a silent l? (a) wrap (b) lamb (c) castle (d) half
26. 26.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) whisper it
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
29. 29.Which word has a silent g? (a) sign (b) crumb (c) walk (d) write
30. 30.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
33. 33.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) l (b) g (c) k (d) h
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) h (b) w (c) g (d) p
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) w (b) k (c) t (d) l
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) a steady pace (d) chewing gum as you talk
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) checking names first (d) dropping word endings
40. 40.Which word has a silent g? (a) knife (b) crumb (c) castle (d) reign

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