Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 632 · 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.🔤 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
2. 2.Which word has a silent g? (a) wrist (b) reign (c) sword (d) cupboard
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
5. 5.📖 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) mumble it quickly (d) guess it on stage
6. 6.Which word has a silent s? (a) calm (b) rhino (c) two (d) island
7. 7.Which word has a silent p? (a) calm (b) wrist (c) receipt (d) debt
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) s (b) p (c) w (d) g
9. 9.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) k (b) l (c) t (d) w
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
12. 12.Which word has a silent b? (a) aisle (b) debt (c) glisten (d) design
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) saying word endings (d) rushing long words
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) g (b) s (c) t (d) w
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) p (b) g (c) b (d) h
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) w (b) l (c) g (d) b
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
20. 20.Which word has a silent t? (a) walk (b) palm (c) wrap (d) glisten
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) p (b) g (c) l (d) k
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) h (c) b (d) p
23. 23.Which word has a silent k? (a) knob (b) receipt (c) cupboard (d) talk
24. 24.Which word has a silent b? (a) lamb (b) castle (c) reign (d) wrist
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
26. 26.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.Which word has a silent t? (a) yolk (b) palm (c) listen (d) reign
28. 28.Which word has a silent w? (a) knit (b) aisle (c) write (d) reign
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) t (b) s (c) b (d) l
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) s (b) p (c) g (d) h
31. 31.Which word has a silent s? (a) castle (b) knife (c) aisle (d) raspberry
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
35. 35.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
38. 38.Which word has a silent h? (a) half (b) hour (c) two (d) knife
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace

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