Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 593 · 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.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) b (b) t (c) l (d) s
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) k (b) l (c) p (d) b
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) w (b) k (c) p (d) g
6. 6.Which word has a silent l? (a) receipt (b) calm (c) listen (d) castle
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
8. 8.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
9. 9.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) breaking long words up (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) dropping word endings
12. 12.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) p (b) l (c) t (d) k
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) s (b) t (c) w (d) h
15. 15.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
17. 17.Which word has a silent w? (a) crumb (b) sword (c) talk (d) fasten
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) h (b) s (c) t (d) p
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) saying word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
20. 20.Which word has a silent k? (a) climb (b) island (c) rhino (d) knit
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
22. 22.Which word has a silent b? (a) castle (b) rhino (c) knife (d) lamb
23. 23.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) l (b) b (c) p (d) w
25. 25.Which word has a silent p? (a) comb (b) knit (c) yolk (d) cupboard
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
27. 27.Which word has a silent k? (a) palm (b) knob (c) hour (d) debt
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
29. 29.Which word has a silent s? (a) palm (b) sword (c) aisle (d) doubt
30. 30.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.Which word has a silent g? (a) wrap (b) reign (c) receipt (d) comb
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) covering your mouth
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) b (b) p (c) w (d) s
36. 36.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.Which word has a silent l? (a) two (b) hour (c) design (d) folk
38. 38.Which word has a silent b? (a) knit (b) comb (c) design (d) cupboard
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) covering your mouth (d) checking names first
40. 40.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) debt (c) rhino (d) foreign

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