Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 639 · 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.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) k (b) t (c) g (d) h
3. 3.Which word has a silent h? (a) glisten (b) listen (c) wrap (d) rhino
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) h (c) b (d) p
5. 5.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
6. 6.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) k (b) w (c) g (d) t
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) h (b) l (c) k (d) b
9. 9.Which word has a silent b? (a) calm (b) wrist (c) write (d) comb
10. 10.Which word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) knot (c) wrist (d) receipt
11. 11.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) knot (c) foreign (d) rhino
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) rushing long words (c) dropping word endings (d) guessing a hard name
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
16. 16.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) l (b) p (c) s (d) g
18. 18.Which word has a silent g? (a) comb (b) castle (c) foreign (d) debt
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) p (b) b (c) k (d) g
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) p (b) h (c) t (d) l
21. 21.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
24. 24.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) saying word endings
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) l (b) p (c) w (d) s
27. 27.Which word has a silent l? (a) wrist (b) honest (c) design (d) half
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) w (b) h (c) b (d) p
29. 29.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.Which word has a silent h? (a) knot (b) cupboard (c) hour (d) walk
31. 31.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.Which word has a silent t? (a) castle (b) design (c) crumb (d) comb
33. 33.Which word has a silent w? (a) castle (b) wrist (c) fasten (d) aisle
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) t (b) w (c) l (d) g
35. 35.Which word has a silent w? (a) sword (b) yolk (c) comb (d) lamb
36. 36.Which word has a silent p? (a) knife (b) lamb (c) knee (d) receipt
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) g (b) s (c) b (d) l
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) p (b) t (c) s (d) l
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up

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