Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 641 · 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 t? (a) receipt (b) castle (c) climb (d) calm
2. 2.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.Which word has a silent t? (a) hour (b) island (c) reign (d) fasten
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) mumbling into your chest
7. 7.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) guess it on stage (c) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) k (c) s (d) t
9. 9.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
10. 10.Which word has a silent g? (a) palm (b) sword (c) wrap (d) design
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) mumbling into your chest (d) checking names first
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) a steady pace
13. 13.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.Which word has a silent b? (a) knit (b) honest (c) castle (d) climb
15. 15.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
20. 20.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) talk (c) glisten (d) rhino
21. 21.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.Which word has a silent s? (a) rhino (b) island (c) fasten (d) design
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) b (c) s (d) w
24. 24.Which word has a silent t? (a) wrap (b) two (c) honest (d) listen
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) guessing a hard name
26. 26.Which word has a silent h? (a) sign (b) hour (c) cupboard (d) knife
27. 27.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) p (b) b (c) s (d) w
29. 29.Which word has a silent p? (a) yolk (b) knife (c) cupboard (d) palm
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
31. 31.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.Which word has a silent t? (a) knot (b) knee (c) wrap (d) glisten
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) s (c) b (d) p
34. 34.Which word has a silent g? (a) knot (b) climb (c) foreign (d) honest
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) dropping word endings (c) saying word endings (d) checking names first
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) aisle (b) palm (c) sword (d) sign
37. 37.Which word has a silent b? (a) sign (b) lamb (c) palm (d) write
38. 38.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
39. 39.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) w (b) g (c) t (d) b

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