Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 573 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
2. 2.Which word has a silent k? (a) climb (b) sword (c) glisten (d) knee
3. 3.Which word has a silent k? (a) knit (b) raspberry (c) comb (d) answer
4. 4.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) t (b) p (c) h (d) b
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) mumbling into your chest
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
8. 8.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
9. 9.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) k (b) h (c) w (d) g
12. 12.Which word has a silent k? (a) foreign (b) fasten (c) island (d) knife
13. 13.Which word has a silent t? (a) hour (b) wrist (c) crumb (d) fasten
14. 14.Which word has a silent h? (a) aisle (b) knit (c) doubt (d) rhino
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) h (c) b (d) g
16. 16.Which word has a silent p? (a) write (b) receipt (c) sign (d) wrist
17. 17.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) h (b) g (c) w (d) s
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) b (b) w (c) g (d) p
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) guessing a hard name (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
21. 21.Which word has a silent s? (a) answer (b) receipt (c) foreign (d) aisle
22. 22.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
26. 26.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) knit (c) crumb (d) doubt
27. 27.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) walk (c) half (d) comb
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) g (b) t (c) p (d) b
29. 29.Which word has a silent t? (a) palm (b) write (c) two (d) castle
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) s (b) w (c) p (d) t
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent k? (a) reign (b) cupboard (c) knob (d) castle
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) a steady pace (d) mumbling into your chest
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) h (b) w (c) g (d) p
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) h (b) t (c) l (d) k
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) k (b) l (c) w (d) g
39. 39.Which word has a silent h? (a) doubt (b) honest (c) raspberry (d) sign
40. 40.Which word has a silent g? (a) doubt (b) reign (c) receipt (d) write

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