Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 561 · 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 h? (a) two (b) honest (c) wrist (d) answer
2. 2.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) p (b) t (c) g (d) s
4. 4.Which word has a silent w? (a) walk (b) talk (c) write (d) knob
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
6. 6.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) t (b) w (c) h (d) b
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) k (b) p (c) w (d) t
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) p (b) l (c) h (d) b
10. 10.Which word has a silent l? (a) sign (b) castle (c) knob (d) walk
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) b (c) h (d) p
12. 12.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
14. 14.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) a steady pace (c) dropping word endings (d) rushing long words
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
19. 19.Which word has a silent l? (a) glisten (b) palm (c) cupboard (d) answer
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) p (c) w (d) g
21. 21.Which word has a silent s? (a) castle (b) receipt (c) aisle (d) palm
22. 22.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) lamb (c) sign (d) calm
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
24. 24.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) rushing long words (c) mumbling into your chest (d) dropping word endings
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) design (b) honest (c) two (d) knee
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) p (b) t (c) b (d) s
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
29. 29.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) p (b) h (c) s (d) w
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) covering your mouth (c) saying word endings (d) opening your mouth well
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent p? (a) lamb (b) cupboard (c) castle (d) crumb
34. 34.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) k (b) p (c) l (d) t
36. 36.Which word has a silent p? (a) hour (b) crumb (c) raspberry (d) knot
37. 37.👅 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
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) h (c) p (d) w
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace

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