Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 610 · 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 consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) h (b) g (c) w (d) b
2. 2.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
3. 3.Which word has a silent p? (a) hour (b) wrap (c) receipt (d) glisten
4. 4.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) k (b) t (c) p (d) g
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
8. 8.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) guess it on stage (c) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) w (b) t (c) b (d) k
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
12. 12.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) k (b) b (c) w (d) t
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
15. 15.Which word has a silent g? (a) design (b) yolk (c) climb (d) two
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) h (b) k (c) g (d) p
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) a steady pace (d) tongue twister warm-ups
18. 18.Which word has a silent g? (a) cupboard (b) knife (c) foreign (d) wrap
19. 19.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.Which word has a silent g? (a) sign (b) comb (c) receipt (d) hour
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) breaking long words up (c) checking names first (d) rushing long words
22. 22.Which word has a silent k? (a) castle (b) knife (c) comb (d) crumb
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) w (b) t (c) k (d) b
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) guessing a hard name (c) saying word endings (d) covering your mouth
27. 27.Which word has a silent p? (a) lamb (b) talk (c) raspberry (d) glisten
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
29. 29.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) climb (c) foreign (d) answer
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) rushing long words
32. 32.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
35. 35.Which word has a silent t? (a) climb (b) glisten (c) aisle (d) raspberry
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) k (b) l (c) p (d) w
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) s (b) w (c) g (d) p
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) a steady pace
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?

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