Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 55 · 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.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) w (b) t (c) b (d) l
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) breaking long words up (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) dropping word endings
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) s
5. 5.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) k (c) l (d) g
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) breaking long words up
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) t (b) h (c) w (d) l
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) p (b) g (c) b (d) t
13. 13.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
15. 15.Which word has a silent t? (a) sword (b) sign (c) castle (d) rhino
16. 16.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
17. 17.Which word has a silent g? (a) design (b) folk (c) comb (d) doubt
18. 18.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) crumb (c) two (d) comb
19. 19.Which word has a silent t? (a) write (b) fasten (c) rhino (d) half
20. 20.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrist (b) design (c) two (d) knife
21. 21.Which word has a silent s? (a) fasten (b) two (c) sword (d) aisle
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) l (b) k (c) g (d) w
23. 23.Which word has a silent b? (a) knot (b) knit (c) knife (d) crumb
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) saying word endings (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups
25. 25.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) g (c) b (d) p
28. 28.Which word has a silent p? (a) knit (b) walk (c) reign (d) cupboard
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) s (b) b (c) t (d) w
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) a steady pace (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) guessing a hard name
31. 31.Which word has a silent k? (a) knob (b) foreign (c) debt (d) castle
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) b (b) p (c) s (d) l
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) s (b) b (c) k (d) g
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
35. 35.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) p (b) l (c) s (d) t
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) b (b) h (c) p (d) l
40. 40.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) climb (c) talk (d) design

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