Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 533 · 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 “sign”? (a) g (b) h (c) t (d) w
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) l (b) p (c) s (d) g
3. 3.Which word has a silent b? (a) knife (b) fasten (c) crumb (d) listen
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) w (b) t (c) k (d) l
5. 5.Which word has a silent k? (a) raspberry (b) answer (c) knee (d) listen
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) guessing a hard name (c) rushing long words (d) opening your mouth well
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) p (b) l (c) g (d) k
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 opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) rushing long words (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) p (b) l (c) s (d) g
13. 13.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) b (b) s (c) h (d) k
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) checking names first (d) covering your mouth
16. 16.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.📖 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
18. 18.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) say it in one rush (d) whisper it
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) a steady pace (c) checking names first (d) opening your mouth well
21. 21.Which word has a silent b? (a) two (b) island (c) climb (d) sign
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
23. 23.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
24. 24.Which word has a silent b? (a) knee (b) reign (c) comb (d) knob
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) rushing long words (d) breaking long words up
26. 26.Which word has a silent p? (a) climb (b) glisten (c) receipt (d) castle
27. 27.Which word has a silent s? (a) palm (b) calm (c) crumb (d) island
28. 28.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
29. 29.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
30. 30.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) knot (c) write (d) knit
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent k? (a) design (b) foreign (c) knob (d) receipt
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) k (c) g (d) t
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) s (b) b (c) g (d) l
36. 36.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) glisten (c) two (d) castle
37. 37.Which word has a silent t? (a) lamb (b) palm (c) listen (d) crumb
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) mumbling into your chest (c) opening your mouth well (d) saying word endings
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
40. 40.Which word has a silent t? (a) walk (b) glisten (c) knit (d) knob

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