Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 57 · 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.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
2. 2.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
3. 3.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) b (b) l (c) t (d) k
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) p (b) h (c) s (d) b
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) b (b) w (c) l (d) g
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) mumbling into your chest
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) w (b) k (c) b (d) l
12. 12.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.Which word has a silent k? (a) comb (b) rhino (c) knee (d) sign
14. 14.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) tongue twister warm-ups
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) h (b) w (c) k (d) p
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) s (b) b (c) h (d) l
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) a steady pace
19. 19.Which word has a silent g? (a) raspberry (b) receipt (c) foreign (d) yolk
20. 20.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) p (b) b (c) s (d) w
22. 22.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) s (b) l (c) w (d) t
25. 25.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.Which word has a silent b? (a) knife (b) debt (c) receipt (d) castle
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) t (c) l (d) g
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) t (c) s (d) h
29. 29.Which word has a silent s? (a) comb (b) palm (c) half (d) island
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) a steady pace (c) rushing long words (d) opening your mouth well
31. 31.Which word has a silent b? (a) two (b) write (c) sword (d) crumb
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) rushing long words
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) s (b) k (c) b (d) l
34. 34.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.Which word has a silent b? (a) comb (b) sword (c) sign (d) receipt
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) h (b) t (c) g (d) w
37. 37.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) breaking long words up (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
39. 39.Which word has a silent s? (a) knife (b) lamb (c) aisle (d) glisten
40. 40.Which word has a silent l? (a) two (b) walk (c) reign (d) answer

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