Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 629 · 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 k? (a) sword (b) knife (c) aisle (d) calm
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
4. 4.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
6. 6.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.Which word has a silent k? (a) knit (b) climb (c) half (d) raspberry
8. 8.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) answer (c) sword (d) yolk
9. 9.Which word has a silent g? (a) design (b) aisle (c) hour (d) knife
10. 10.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) p (b) k (c) g (d) l
14. 14.Which word has a silent t? (a) comb (b) palm (c) listen (d) wrist
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
17. 17.Which word has a silent b? (a) comb (b) hour (c) design (d) folk
18. 18.Which word has a silent p? (a) knit (b) wrist (c) foreign (d) raspberry
19. 19.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) testing your hearing
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) p (b) h (c) w (d) k
22. 22.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) breaking long words up (c) covering your mouth (d) rushing long words
24. 24.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.Which word has a silent l? (a) comb (b) knee (c) walk (d) wrap
26. 26.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) b (c) k (d) l
28. 28.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrist (b) answer (c) sign (d) knot
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) w
31. 31.Which word has a silent b? (a) calm (b) climb (c) knit (d) palm
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) h (b) b (c) w (d) t
33. 33.Which word has a silent w? (a) knot (b) wrist (c) folk (d) listen
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) checking names first
36. 36.Which word has a silent w? (a) rhino (b) answer (c) knife (d) foreign
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) s (c) p (d) g
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) mumbling into your chest
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
40. 40.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) half (c) two (d) rhino

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