Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 650 · 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 consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) p (b) s (c) k (d) h
2. 2.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.Which word has a silent t? (a) knife (b) cupboard (c) glisten (d) knit
4. 4.Which word has a silent s? (a) fasten (b) rhino (c) aisle (d) hour
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) l (b) s (c) t (d) g
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) h (b) g (c) l (d) p
7. 7.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
8. 8.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
10. 10.Which word has a silent h? (a) comb (b) debt (c) hour (d) answer
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) guessing a hard name
12. 12.Which word has a silent w? (a) palm (b) sword (c) sign (d) yolk
13. 13.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups 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) doubt (c) aisle (d) knee
15. 15.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.Which word has a silent h? (a) listen (b) rhino (c) wrist (d) knot
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) g (b) b (c) t (d) p
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) l (b) s (c) p (d) k
19. 19.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) skip it
20. 20.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) h (b) b (c) k (d) s
22. 22.Which word has a silent p? (a) folk (b) receipt (c) sword (d) climb
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) guessing a hard name
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
25. 25.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) g (b) p (c) l (d) b
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) b (b) k (c) g (d) w
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) p (b) l (c) k (d) h
30. 30.Which word has a silent b? (a) receipt (b) hour (c) crumb (d) knife
31. 31.Which word has a silent t? (a) half (b) fasten (c) receipt (d) doubt
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) covering your mouth (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) guessing a hard name
34. 34.📖 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
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) tongue twister warm-ups
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) l (b) b (c) p (d) k
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
38. 38.Which word has a silent s? (a) reign (b) answer (c) knot (d) island
39. 39.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) s (b) t (c) p (d) k

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