Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 572 · 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 g? (a) aisle (b) knee (c) listen (d) design
2. 2.Which word has a silent b? (a) sign (b) knife (c) answer (d) doubt
3. 3.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
4. 4.Which word has a silent k? (a) raspberry (b) knife (c) crumb (d) talk
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) h (b) t (c) w (d) p
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) covering your mouth
7. 7.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
11. 11.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
13. 13.Which word has a silent k? (a) sign (b) wrap (c) debt (d) knee
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) p (b) g (c) s (d) h
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) g (b) h (c) w (d) l
17. 17.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.Which word has a silent l? (a) design (b) rhino (c) knob (d) walk
20. 20.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) t (b) k (c) g (d) p
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) s (b) w (c) k (d) t
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) rushing long words (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) k (b) l (c) b (d) h
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) h (b) t (c) l (d) w
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
28. 28.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) saying word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
32. 32.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
34. 34.Which word has a silent l? (a) comb (b) rhino (c) two (d) half
35. 35.Which word has a silent t? (a) knot (b) climb (c) listen (d) rhino
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) l (b) g (c) t (d) k
37. 37.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) p (c) b (d) k

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