Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 592 · 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) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
2. 2.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) doubt (c) half (d) castle
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
4. 4.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.Which word has a silent k? (a) design (b) knit (c) aisle (d) sign
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) g (b) t (c) b (d) k
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
8. 8.Which word has a silent k? (a) glisten (b) answer (c) knot (d) honest
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) h (b) k (c) w (d) g
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) k (b) p (c) w (d) b
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
12. 12.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) k (b) g (c) p (d) h
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) t (c) s (d) p
15. 15.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) glisten (c) castle (d) sword
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) rushing long words (d) breaking long words up
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) breaking long words up (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
22. 22.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) knit (c) honest (d) island
23. 23.👅 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
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) t (b) h (c) w (d) k
25. 25.Which word has a silent s? (a) climb (b) aisle (c) two (d) crumb
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) p (b) g (c) l (d) h
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) p (b) g (c) h (d) k
28. 28.Which word has a silent b? (a) sword (b) raspberry (c) reign (d) debt
29. 29.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
30. 30.Which word has a silent b? (a) cupboard (b) palm (c) crumb (d) folk
31. 31.Which word has a silent h? (a) climb (b) honest (c) yolk (d) palm
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) w (b) s (c) t (d) l
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) checking names first (d) a steady pace
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) l (b) k (c) w (d) p
37. 37.Which word has a silent t? (a) raspberry (b) honest (c) listen (d) rhino
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent k? (a) answer (b) aisle (c) knob (d) lamb
40. 40.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace

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