Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 645 · 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 b? (a) write (b) wrap (c) fasten (d) debt
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
3. 3.📖 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) guess it on stage (d) mumble it quickly
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) p (b) k (c) b (d) l
5. 5.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) dropping word endings (d) checking names first
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
10. 10.Which word has a silent l? (a) two (b) half (c) write (d) crumb
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent k? (a) write (b) glisten (c) knot (d) answer
13. 13.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) b (b) h (c) t (d) p
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) b (c) w (d) s
16. 16.Which word has a silent g? (a) sign (b) doubt (c) debt (d) knife
17. 17.Which word has a silent w? (a) walk (b) folk (c) wrap (d) receipt
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) t (b) l (c) s (d) g
19. 19.Which word has a silent k? (a) reign (b) knit (c) write (d) palm
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) b (b) w (c) p (d) t
21. 21.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) knob (c) walk (d) sign
22. 22.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.Which word has a silent t? (a) castle (b) knot (c) comb (d) island
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) w (b) s (c) p (d) h
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) guessing a hard name
28. 28.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.Which word has a silent b? (a) knot (b) castle (c) walk (d) climb
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) t (b) b (c) h (d) w
31. 31.🔤 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
32. 32.Which word has a silent w? (a) debt (b) answer (c) reign (d) honest
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) b (b) t (c) p (d) l
34. 34.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.Which word has a silent t? (a) sign (b) fasten (c) honest (d) wrap
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) k (b) s (c) g (d) w
37. 37.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) p (b) t (c) w (d) k
39. 39.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) correct stress

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