Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 60 · 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.Which word has a silent w? (a) comb (b) two (c) doubt (d) debt
2. 2.Which word has a silent t? (a) rhino (b) palm (c) two (d) listen
3. 3.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) l (b) g (c) w (d) b
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) t (b) l (c) b (d) k
6. 6.Which word has a silent s? (a) knob (b) island (c) crumb (d) answer
7. 7.Which word has a silent s? (a) climb (b) honest (c) aisle (d) lamb
8. 8.Which word has a silent w? (a) comb (b) wrist (c) yolk (d) reign
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) b (b) p (c) g (d) l
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) a steady pace (c) checking names first (d) saying word endings
13. 13.Which word has a silent p? (a) honest (b) raspberry (c) design (d) half
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing long words (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
17. 17.Which word has a silent b? (a) knee (b) knot (c) climb (d) hour
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) checking names first
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
21. 21.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) g (b) p (c) t (d) b
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent b? (a) sign (b) walk (c) doubt (d) yolk
25. 25.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) skip the name (d) guess it on stage
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) rhino (b) wrap (c) walk (d) sign
27. 27.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) s (b) h (c) t (d) g
29. 29.Which word has a silent l? (a) island (b) talk (c) knot (d) climb
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) p (b) w (c) g (d) h
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) p (b) s (c) b (d) g
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) covering your mouth
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) l (b) t (c) w (d) h
35. 35.Which word has a silent g? (a) sign (b) walk (c) rhino (d) raspberry
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) b (b) w (c) p (d) h
37. 37.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
38. 38.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) b (b) k (c) w (d) g
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) l (b) k (c) t (d) w

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