Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 524 · 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) listen (b) knob (c) sword (d) island
2. 2.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.Which word has a silent t? (a) calm (b) listen (c) knot (d) foreign
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) p (b) h (c) l (d) k
5. 5.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) g (b) s (c) h (d) t
7. 7.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
9. 9.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) h (b) w (c) k (d) b
13. 13.Which word has a silent p? (a) knee (b) talk (c) cupboard (d) wrap
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) s (b) w (c) b (d) l
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) breaking long words up (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) t (b) k (c) g (d) l
18. 18.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.Which word has a silent g? (a) listen (b) hour (c) sword (d) design
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) s (b) w (c) l (d) p
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) h (c) g (d) s
22. 22.👅 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
23. 23.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent b? (a) crumb (b) palm (c) two (d) castle
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
28. 28.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) calm (c) receipt (d) talk
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
31. 31.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) a steady pace (c) guessing a hard name (d) saying word endings
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
34. 34.Which word has a silent b? (a) cupboard (b) doubt (c) rhino (d) hour
35. 35.Which word has a silent t? (a) foreign (b) castle (c) half (d) knot
36. 36.Which word has a silent l? (a) yolk (b) write (c) sign (d) aisle
37. 37.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
38. 38.Which word has a silent w? (a) calm (b) half (c) knob (d) write
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) checking names first (d) covering your mouth
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?

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