Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 556 · 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 b? (a) wrap (b) talk (c) climb (d) knit
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) covering your mouth (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
3. 3.Which word has a silent w? (a) aisle (b) reign (c) castle (d) wrist
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) g (b) h (c) s (d) p
6. 6.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) k (b) g (c) s (d) l
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) dropping word endings (d) checking names first
10. 10.📖 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) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly
11. 11.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) w
14. 14.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent p? (a) lamb (b) talk (c) aisle (d) receipt
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) p (c) w (d) b
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) b (b) k (c) p (d) t
19. 19.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) k (c) w (d) l
21. 21.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) s (b) l (c) p (d) t
23. 23.Which word has a silent k? (a) doubt (b) reign (c) knee (d) raspberry
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) k (c) p (d) l
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) b (b) p (c) h (d) k
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) t (b) h (c) w (d) b
27. 27.Which word has a silent w? (a) knee (b) foreign (c) comb (d) answer
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
29. 29.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) h (b) t (c) p (d) g
31. 31.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
32. 32.Which word has a silent k? (a) write (b) sword (c) knob (d) foreign
33. 33.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrist (b) knot (c) comb (d) rhino
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) p (b) t (c) g (d) k
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
36. 36.Which word has a silent k? (a) sign (b) sword (c) wrist (d) knife
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
38. 38.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) s (b) l (c) t (d) h
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) w (b) l (c) s (d) h

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