Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 581 · 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 “speech”?
2. 2.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) a steady pace (c) dropping word endings (d) opening your mouth well
4. 4.Which word has a silent l? (a) wrap (b) sign (c) folk (d) answer
5. 5.Which word has a silent l? (a) palm (b) debt (c) receipt (d) crumb
6. 6.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) b (b) t (c) p (d) k
8. 8.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) checking names first
10. 10.Which word has a silent b? (a) yolk (b) reign (c) climb (d) castle
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) k (b) p (c) b (d) l
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) g (b) k (c) l (d) w
13. 13.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.Which word has a silent w? (a) fasten (b) knife (c) rhino (d) wrap
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) g (b) l (c) k (d) s
16. 16.Which word has a silent g? (a) two (b) calm (c) design (d) hour
17. 17.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) raspberry (c) hour (d) calm
18. 18.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
19. 19.Which word has a silent k? (a) sword (b) climb (c) knot (d) palm
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) s (c) g (d) t
21. 21.Which word has a silent w? (a) island (b) reign (c) sword (d) rhino
22. 22.Which word has a silent k? (a) knife (b) yolk (c) palm (d) wrap
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
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) covering your mouth (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) a steady pace (d) rushing long words
26. 26.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
28. 28.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) glisten (c) climb (d) calm
29. 29.Which word has a silent h? (a) listen (b) half (c) walk (d) hour
30. 30.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
31. 31.Which word has a silent b? (a) knife (b) comb (c) two (d) palm
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) checking names first (d) rushing long words
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) s (b) l (c) t (d) k
34. 34.Which word has a silent l? (a) climb (b) wrist (c) walk (d) crumb
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) w (b) b (c) g (d) t
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) p (b) k (c) b (d) l
39. 39.Which word has a silent t? (a) crumb (b) honest (c) castle (d) sword
40. 40.Which word has a silent s? (a) hour (b) island (c) cupboard (d) knot

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