Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 542 · 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.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) breaking long words up (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
3. 3.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
5. 5.🔤 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
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) b (b) k (c) h (d) t
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) b (b) k (c) t (d) w
9. 9.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) walk (c) wrap (d) knot
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
11. 11.Which word has a silent k? (a) answer (b) cupboard (c) knife (d) wrist
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) w (b) k (c) t (d) p
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) h (b) w (c) b (d) p
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) g (c) w (d) b
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
17. 17.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
18. 18.Which word has a silent g? (a) talk (b) reign (c) doubt (d) walk
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) p (b) w (c) t (d) k
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
22. 22.Which word has a silent t? (a) raspberry (b) fasten (c) sign (d) calm
23. 23.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.Which word has a silent t? (a) castle (b) foreign (c) aisle (d) wrist
25. 25.Which word has a silent l? (a) honest (b) knot (c) wrist (d) talk
26. 26.Which word has a silent k? (a) debt (b) sign (c) foreign (d) knit
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) h (b) p (c) g (d) t
29. 29.Which word has a silent l? (a) knob (b) yolk (c) write (d) foreign
30. 30.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) g (b) w (c) l (d) h
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) t (b) w (c) s (d) g
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) opening your mouth well
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
35. 35.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) p (c) b (d) k
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) w (b) t (c) s (d) p
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) b (b) w (c) g (d) s
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) w (b) g (c) b (d) p

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