Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 618 · 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 “receipt”? (a) g (b) p (c) w (d) l
2. 2.📖 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) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
3. 3.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) h (b) g (c) b (d) l
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) w (b) b (c) g (d) t
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) l (b) h (c) t (d) w
11. 11.Which word has a silent k? (a) walk (b) write (c) knife (d) sword
12. 12.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) k (c) l (d) p
14. 14.Which word has a silent s? (a) calm (b) knife (c) knob (d) island
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) k (b) t (c) l (d) w
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) h (b) k (c) l (d) g
17. 17.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) k (c) h (d) t
19. 19.Which word has a silent w? (a) knot (b) sword (c) raspberry (d) knob
20. 20.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) p (b) h (c) k (d) b
22. 22.Which word has a silent l? (a) reign (b) folk (c) knee (d) sword
23. 23.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) l (b) h (c) w (d) p
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) p (b) s (c) t (d) g
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) b (b) t (c) k (d) h
30. 30.Which word has a silent k? (a) reign (b) knot (c) folk (d) debt
31. 31.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
33. 33.Which word has a silent w? (a) palm (b) debt (c) foreign (d) wrap
34. 34.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) saying word endings
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) chewing gum as you talk
38. 38.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.Which word has a silent g? (a) talk (b) design (c) raspberry (d) knife
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) t (b) b (c) w (d) k

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