Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 532 · 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) castle (b) glisten (c) wrap (d) reign
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) h (b) b (c) l (d) p
4. 4.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.👅 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
6. 6.Which word has a silent h? (a) design (b) rhino (c) knob (d) cupboard
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
9. 9.Which word has a silent t? (a) crumb (b) glisten (c) design (d) talk
10. 10.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
11. 11.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) guess it on stage (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
12. 12.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) half (c) crumb (d) honest
13. 13.Which word has a silent k? (a) debt (b) knife (c) palm (d) folk
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) l (b) g (c) s (d) w
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) s (b) h (c) t (d) l
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) b (b) l (c) w (d) h
17. 17.Which word has a silent b? (a) raspberry (b) lamb (c) hour (d) walk
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) p (b) g (c) h (d) l
19. 19.Which word has a silent s? (a) talk (b) island (c) palm (d) comb
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) dropping word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) tongue twister warm-ups
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) b (b) g (c) p (d) k
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) mumbling into your chest (d) checking names first
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent s? (a) folk (b) aisle (c) write (d) knot
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) p (b) k (c) l (d) s
28. 28.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
29. 29.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
31. 31.Which word has a silent k? (a) half (b) knit (c) answer (d) listen
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
33. 33.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
36. 36.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) rushing long words
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) l (b) g (c) k (d) b
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) g (b) b (c) s (d) h
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?

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