Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 630 · 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 “sword”? (a) k (b) w (c) g (d) h
2. 2.👅 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
3. 3.Which word has a silent k? (a) sword (b) knee (c) aisle (d) answer
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) t (b) k (c) b (d) w
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
8. 8.Which word has a silent b? (a) knee (b) folk (c) foreign (d) climb
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) l (c) w (d) t
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) covering your mouth (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
12. 12.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) p (b) s (c) h (d) g
14. 14.Which word has a silent w? (a) lamb (b) foreign (c) sword (d) honest
15. 15.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) mumble it quickly
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) t (b) w (c) l (d) s
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
19. 19.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) t (b) w (c) s (d) p
23. 23.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
25. 25.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
27. 27.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
30. 30.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) opening your mouth well
33. 33.Which word has a silent h? (a) cupboard (b) rhino (c) half (d) folk
34. 34.Which word has a silent t? (a) knot (b) design (c) raspberry (d) listen
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) checking names first
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) talk (b) folk (c) knee (d) foreign
37. 37.Which word has a silent p? (a) reign (b) glisten (c) comb (d) cupboard
38. 38.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) p (b) s (c) k (d) t
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) h (b) k (c) t (d) l

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