Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 539 · 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 of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
2. 2.Which word has a silent k? (a) glisten (b) raspberry (c) knife (d) foreign
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) g (b) t (c) h (d) p
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) h (b) k (c) t (d) l
6. 6.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) reign (c) lamb (d) fasten
7. 7.Which word has a silent l? (a) knife (b) knee (c) sign (d) calm
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
9. 9.Which word has a silent k? (a) crumb (b) island (c) knee (d) lamb
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
13. 13.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
15. 15.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) a steady pace (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) t (b) h (c) g (d) k
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) chewing gum as you talk
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) two (c) knee (d) climb
22. 22.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
23. 23.Which word has a silent t? (a) doubt (b) fasten (c) aisle (d) half
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
25. 25.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) g (b) p (c) h (d) l
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) dropping word endings
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) g (b) b (c) w (d) k
30. 30.Which word has a silent b? (a) crumb (b) castle (c) cupboard (d) raspberry
31. 31.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) aisle (c) sword (d) wrist
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) h (b) g (c) w (d) p
34. 34.Which word has a silent t? (a) sign (b) write (c) climb (d) listen
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) k (b) g (c) w (d) l
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) calm (b) design (c) castle (d) knee
37. 37.Which word has a silent k? (a) crumb (b) foreign (c) hour (d) knob
38. 38.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.Which word has a silent s? (a) knob (b) calm (c) palm (d) aisle
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?

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