Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 637 · 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 g? (a) design (b) aisle (c) island (d) sword
2. 2.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
3. 3.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.Which word has a silent p? (a) rhino (b) palm (c) receipt (d) climb
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) rushing long words (d) guessing a hard name
6. 6.Which word has a silent s? (a) walk (b) knee (c) castle (d) island
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
8. 8.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.Which word has a silent g? (a) calm (b) knee (c) comb (d) sign
10. 10.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) mumbling into your chest
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) h (c) k (d) s
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
15. 15.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
19. 19.Which word has a silent k? (a) foreign (b) lamb (c) write (d) knob
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) h (b) s (c) k (d) t
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) l (b) b (c) p (d) w
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) s (b) g (c) l (d) w
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) checking names first
25. 25.Which word has a silent b? (a) write (b) crumb (c) wrap (d) hour
26. 26.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.Which word has a silent l? (a) folk (b) reign (c) receipt (d) design
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) g (b) k (c) b (d) w
29. 29.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
32. 32.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.Which word has a silent h? (a) climb (b) castle (c) honest (d) cupboard
34. 34.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
35. 35.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) wrap (c) knit (d) sign
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) l (c) t (d) p
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) k (b) t (c) b (d) g
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) w (b) t (c) p (d) b
39. 39.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.Which word has a silent k? (a) knit (b) write (c) walk (d) talk

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