Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 567 · 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) raspberry (b) two (c) cupboard (d) crumb
2. 2.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.Which word has a silent w? (a) debt (b) walk (c) answer (d) knife
4. 4.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
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 consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) p (b) s (c) k (d) t
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) s (b) k (c) h (d) l
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) w (b) p (c) l (d) b
10. 10.Which word has a silent h? (a) doubt (b) wrap (c) design (d) hour
11. 11.Which word has a silent b? (a) fasten (b) wrap (c) lamb (d) talk
12. 12.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) guessing a hard name
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) g (b) k (c) b (d) l
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) p (b) l (c) h (d) s
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) t (b) l (c) b (d) w
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) h (b) g (c) s (d) l
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) s (b) w (c) b (d) p
20. 20.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) opening your mouth well
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) g (c) l (d) w
23. 23.Which word has a silent w? (a) reign (b) comb (c) glisten (d) wrist
24. 24.Which word has a silent b? (a) half (b) sign (c) debt (d) design
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
27. 27.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
31. 31.Which word has a silent k? (a) castle (b) answer (c) palm (d) knot
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) breaking long words up
33. 33.Which word has a silent w? (a) doubt (b) aisle (c) write (d) foreign
34. 34.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.Which word has a silent s? (a) wrist (b) island (c) knit (d) half
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
37. 37.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) half (c) calm (d) castle
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent l? (a) half (b) foreign (c) knife (d) design
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?

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