Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 655 · 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 “hour”? (a) p (b) g (c) h (d) l
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) dropping word endings (d) checking names first
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) rushing long words (d) tongue twister warm-ups
4. 4.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) k (b) b (c) s (d) p
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
8. 8.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) testing your hearing
9. 9.Which word has a silent b? (a) folk (b) listen (c) knife (d) climb
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
11. 11.Which word has a silent t? (a) palm (b) listen (c) island (d) doubt
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) h (b) l (c) w (d) s
13. 13.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent k? (a) foreign (b) folk (c) knee (d) lamb
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
18. 18.Which word has a silent b? (a) crumb (b) wrap (c) sword (d) raspberry
19. 19.Which word has a silent t? (a) aisle (b) fasten (c) debt (d) knee
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) saying word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) chewing gum as you talk
22. 22.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.Which word has a silent w? (a) sword (b) honest (c) cupboard (d) calm
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) p (b) w (c) k (d) l
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) a steady pace (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
26. 26.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
27. 27.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
29. 29.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) guessing a hard name
30. 30.Which word has a silent k? (a) talk (b) climb (c) knife (d) answer
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) k (c) t (d) s
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) t (b) b (c) l (d) h
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) l (b) h (c) w (d) s
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) wrap (b) wrist (c) sign (d) write
37. 37.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) b (c) g (d) p
39. 39.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk 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) l (b) p (c) g (d) t

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