Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 559 · 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) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) w (b) p (c) b (d) k
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
5. 5.Which word has a silent b? (a) reign (b) crumb (c) foreign (d) yolk
6. 6.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
7. 7.Which word has a silent k? (a) island (b) wrist (c) fasten (d) knot
8. 8.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
11. 11.Which word has a silent s? (a) cupboard (b) yolk (c) hour (d) aisle
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) k (b) g (c) h (d) p
13. 13.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) h (b) p (c) k (d) t
15. 15.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) tongue twister warm-ups
18. 18.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) skip it
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) l (b) p (c) s (d) w
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) rushing long words (d) guessing a hard name
21. 21.Which word has a silent g? (a) raspberry (b) knot (c) hour (d) sign
22. 22.Which word has a silent s? (a) fasten (b) island (c) knob (d) knit
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) p (b) b (c) g (d) l
24. 24.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) t (b) p (c) w (d) l
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
27. 27.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.Which word has a silent l? (a) crumb (b) hour (c) rhino (d) walk
29. 29.Which word has a silent h? (a) design (b) castle (c) honest (d) walk
30. 30.Which word has a silent k? (a) design (b) knee (c) glisten (d) reign
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) t (b) w (c) h (d) k
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) b (b) p (c) w (d) k
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
35. 35.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.Which word has a silent t? (a) talk (b) half (c) knob (d) glisten
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) rushing long words
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) w (b) s (c) l (d) h
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) s (b) b (c) t (d) p
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?

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