Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 586 · 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 “celebration”?
2. 2.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
3. 3.Which word has a silent h? (a) knife (b) honest (c) design (d) write
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) opening your mouth well
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) s (b) t (c) l (d) p
6. 6.Which word has a silent w? (a) cupboard (b) wrap (c) knob (d) yolk
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) b (b) l (c) w (d) h
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) g (b) s (c) t (d) p
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) breaking long words up
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) l (b) b (c) t (d) w
12. 12.Which word has a silent w? (a) folk (b) raspberry (c) wrist (d) talk
13. 13.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) breaking long words up (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) a steady pace (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) mumbling into your chest
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) g (b) b (c) s (d) t
18. 18.Which word has a silent p? (a) yolk (b) raspberry (c) knife (d) answer
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) k (b) s (c) p (d) w
21. 21.Which word has a silent l? (a) foreign (b) knee (c) reign (d) calm
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) g (b) k (c) s (d) t
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) h (b) w (c) s (d) k
25. 25.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) knot (b) palm (c) two (d) honest
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) checking names first
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) p (b) h (c) k (d) s
29. 29.Which word has a silent w? (a) comb (b) calm (c) fasten (d) write
30. 30.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
32. 32.Which word has a silent h? (a) knife (b) raspberry (c) receipt (d) rhino
33. 33.Which word has a silent g? (a) design (b) doubt (c) glisten (d) honest
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
35. 35.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
36. 36.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) lamb (c) debt (d) calm
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) g (b) k (c) p (d) b
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) p (b) b (c) t (d) l
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?

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