Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 633 · 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 p? (a) two (b) aisle (c) foreign (d) cupboard
2. 2.Which word has a silent p? (a) crumb (b) knit (c) write (d) receipt
3. 3.Which word has a silent h? (a) knob (b) wrap (c) knee (d) honest
4. 4.Which word has a silent k? (a) rhino (b) knee (c) folk (d) raspberry
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) l (b) w (c) p (d) g
7. 7.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
9. 9.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
13. 13.Which word has a silent k? (a) doubt (b) island (c) rhino (d) knife
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) t (b) b (c) h (d) k
15. 15.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
18. 18.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) l (b) b (c) t (d) w
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) b (c) w (d) t
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent g? (a) write (b) foreign (c) honest (d) palm
25. 25.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) two (c) answer (d) debt
26. 26.Which word has a silent b? (a) knit (b) answer (c) island (d) lamb
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
28. 28.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.Which word has a silent t? (a) design (b) glisten (c) walk (d) knee
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) s (b) k (c) w (d) g
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) opening your mouth well (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
33. 33.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) p (b) b (c) l (d) k
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) g (b) p (c) t (d) s
36. 36.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
38. 38.Which word has a silent g? (a) talk (b) castle (c) design (d) raspberry
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) g
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well

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