Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 54 · 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 g? (a) foreign (b) listen (c) knob (d) fasten
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) s (b) b (c) k (d) p
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) l (b) w (c) h (d) t
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
5. 5.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
7. 7.Which word has a silent t? (a) hour (b) crumb (c) fasten (d) knife
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) a steady pace (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) breaking long words up
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 breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) hour (c) walk (d) aisle
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) l (b) k (c) g (d) w
13. 13.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) l (b) t (c) w (d) k
16. 16.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which word has a silent w? (a) knit (b) write (c) fasten (d) raspberry
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) h (b) k (c) s (d) l
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) b (b) h (c) t (d) k
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) t (b) p (c) b (d) k
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) guessing a hard name (d) saying word endings
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) t (b) b (c) h (d) w
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) h (b) b (c) w (d) s
24. 24.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) honest (c) castle (d) wrap
25. 25.Which word has a silent h? (a) cupboard (b) honest (c) sword (d) two
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
29. 29.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
30. 30.Which word has a silent t? (a) yolk (b) listen (c) sword (d) reign
31. 31.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
32. 32.Which word has a silent h? (a) answer (b) hour (c) reign (d) knife
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) w (b) k (c) h (d) b
35. 35.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
38. 38.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) castle (c) talk (d) receipt
40. 40.Which word has a silent b? (a) aisle (b) wrist (c) palm (d) debt

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