Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 653 · 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 “knee”? (a) k (b) l (c) w (d) g
2. 2.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.Which word has a silent k? (a) listen (b) debt (c) knife (d) palm
4. 4.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) h (b) k (c) p (d) g
8. 8.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) k (b) h (c) w (d) s
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) h (b) b (c) t (d) k
12. 12.Which word has a silent b? (a) foreign (b) answer (c) debt (d) island
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
14. 14.Which word has a silent b? (a) doubt (b) raspberry (c) half (d) island
15. 15.Which word has a silent b? (a) lamb (b) raspberry (c) wrist (d) listen
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) w (b) g (c) s (d) l
20. 20.Which word has a silent h? (a) knob (b) wrist (c) write (d) honest
21. 21.Which word has a silent g? (a) knit (b) crumb (c) castle (d) sign
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) h (b) k (c) l (d) s
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) breaking long words up (c) checking names first (d) saying word endings
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) t
25. 25.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) wrap (c) rhino (d) castle
27. 27.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
28. 28.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
31. 31.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.Which word has a silent l? (a) sword (b) palm (c) receipt (d) wrap
33. 33.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) skip it
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) b (b) g (c) k (d) s
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) h (c) s (d) t
36. 36.Which word has a silent w? (a) receipt (b) cupboard (c) sword (d) folk
37. 37.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
38. 38.Which word has a silent h? (a) wrist (b) palm (c) rhino (d) knob
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) g (c) k (d) t
40. 40.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) a steady pace

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