Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 548 · 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 p? (a) knob (b) foreign (c) raspberry (d) calm
2. 2.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
5. 5.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) p (b) k (c) g (d) s
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) l (b) b (c) w (d) g
8. 8.Which word has a silent t? (a) rhino (b) sword (c) debt (d) listen
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) w (b) l (c) t (d) p
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) t (b) g (c) k (d) s
11. 11.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) guess it on stage
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) covering your mouth (d) a steady pace
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) a steady pace (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) saying word endings
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
15. 15.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) saying word endings
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) p (c) k (d) h
19. 19.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
20. 20.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) h (c) p (d) g
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
23. 23.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) g (b) l (c) b (d) t
25. 25.Which word has a silent s? (a) calm (b) answer (c) receipt (d) aisle
26. 26.Which word has a silent k? (a) aisle (b) sword (c) knob (d) raspberry
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) w (b) g (c) l (d) s
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) k (b) w (c) b (d) h
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) k (b) l (c) h (d) t
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent k? (a) write (b) wrist (c) knee (d) honest
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
36. 36.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.Which word has a silent b? (a) reign (b) crumb (c) glisten (d) castle
38. 38.Which word has a silent w? (a) palm (b) wrist (c) glisten (d) knit
39. 39.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) h (b) g (c) p (d) s

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