Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 540 · 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 “half”? (a) p (b) l (c) s (d) b
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) saying word endings
3. 3.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
4. 4.🔤 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
5. 5.Which word has a silent g? (a) palm (b) wrap (c) rhino (d) design
6. 6.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) s (b) k (c) l (d) t
8. 8.Which word has a silent t? (a) climb (b) comb (c) fasten (d) calm
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) l (b) h (c) s (d) p
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) covering your mouth
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
14. 14.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.Which word has a silent b? (a) knit (b) half (c) cupboard (d) climb
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) s (b) h (c) g (d) b
18. 18.Which word has a silent p? (a) knob (b) cupboard (c) knee (d) listen
19. 19.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrist (b) sign (c) design (d) knife
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) covering your mouth (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
22. 22.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) opening your mouth well
24. 24.Which word has a silent b? (a) yolk (b) rhino (c) palm (d) doubt
25. 25.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.Which word has a silent l? (a) calm (b) lamb (c) knee (d) cupboard
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) k (b) h (c) t (d) p
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) h (c) l (d) k
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) b (b) w (c) h (d) t
31. 31.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) l (c) h (d) p
34. 34.Which word has a silent h? (a) island (b) lamb (c) honest (d) aisle
35. 35.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) h (b) t (c) p (d) l
37. 37.Which word has a silent w? (a) sword (b) foreign (c) talk (d) walk
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) breaking long words up (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups
39. 39.📖 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
40. 40.Which word has a silent k? (a) foreign (b) comb (c) knee (d) climb

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