Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 523 · 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 consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) g (b) p (c) w (d) s
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) dropping word endings (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) s (b) l (c) p (d) k
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
6. 6.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) honest (c) walk (d) wrap
8. 8.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
10. 10.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
11. 11.Which word has a silent h? (a) knife (b) lamb (c) calm (d) honest
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) s (b) k (c) p (d) l
14. 14.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
16. 16.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which word has a silent k? (a) knee (b) comb (c) palm (d) aisle
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
19. 19.Which word has a silent l? (a) knot (b) foreign (c) write (d) half
20. 20.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) covering your mouth
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) b (b) l (c) k (d) w
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) k (b) b (c) w (d) t
28. 28.Which word has a silent l? (a) doubt (b) sword (c) island (d) yolk
29. 29.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrist (b) receipt (c) fasten (d) debt
30. 30.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent k? (a) knob (b) sign (c) crumb (d) rhino
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) w (b) g (c) k (d) h
34. 34.Which word has a silent k? (a) listen (b) island (c) hour (d) knife
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) l (c) t (d) h
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) rushing long words (d) breaking long words up
39. 39.Which word has a silent b? (a) write (b) doubt (c) knob (d) castle
40. 40.Which word has a silent h? (a) knot (b) write (c) climb (d) hour

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