Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 626 · 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 “hour”? (a) h (b) b (c) g (d) p
2. 2.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk 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 “pronunciation”?
5. 5.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) p (b) b (c) l (d) w
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) b (b) w (c) p (d) k
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) p (b) t (c) b (d) w
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) mumbling into your chest (c) a steady pace (d) checking names first
11. 11.Which word has a silent g? (a) cupboard (b) knob (c) yolk (d) sign
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) k (b) w (c) g (d) h
13. 13.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.Which word has a silent p? (a) comb (b) listen (c) raspberry (d) talk
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) rushing long words (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) covering your mouth
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
18. 18.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.Which word has a silent s? (a) glisten (b) debt (c) wrap (d) aisle
20. 20.Which word has a silent t? (a) sign (b) castle (c) honest (d) cupboard
21. 21.Which word has a silent h? (a) sign (b) receipt (c) hour (d) aisle
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) lamb (c) half (d) cupboard
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) mumbling into your chest
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
27. 27.Which word has a silent w? (a) palm (b) half (c) two (d) doubt
28. 28.Which word has a silent p? (a) rhino (b) walk (c) receipt (d) glisten
29. 29.Which word has a silent k? (a) foreign (b) knob (c) design (d) cupboard
30. 30.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
33. 33.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.Which word has a silent k? (a) write (b) comb (c) knot (d) climb
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
37. 37.Which word has a silent h? (a) write (b) honest (c) raspberry (d) design
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) b (b) s (c) l (d) w
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
40. 40.Which word has a silent p? (a) knee (b) aisle (c) foreign (d) cupboard

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