Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 603 · 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 l? (a) folk (b) cupboard (c) knit (d) rhino
2. 2.Which word has a silent t? (a) castle (b) yolk (c) knee (d) knife
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
4. 4.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) tongue twister warm-ups
6. 6.Which word has a silent h? (a) wrap (b) debt (c) knot (d) rhino
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) p (b) w (c) s (d) b
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) b (b) w (c) s (d) p
10. 10.Which word has a silent p? (a) debt (b) aisle (c) raspberry (d) two
11. 11.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
13. 13.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
14. 14.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
15. 15.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) breaking long words up
18. 18.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) skip the name (d) guess it on stage
22. 22.Which word has a silent b? (a) answer (b) hour (c) doubt (d) castle
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
25. 25.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) say it in one rush (c) skip it (d) whisper it
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) s (b) w (c) l (d) b
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
31. 31.Which word has a silent k? (a) knot (b) half (c) lamb (d) two
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) k (b) w (c) s (d) t
33. 33.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) answer (c) hour (d) crumb
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) w (b) g (c) p (d) b
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) l (b) g (c) b (d) h
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) w (b) h (c) k (d) g
37. 37.Which word has a silent g? (a) knit (b) hour (c) castle (d) design
38. 38.Which word has a silent s? (a) knob (b) island (c) wrist (d) comb
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) h (b) g (c) s (d) t

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