Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 663 · 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 “comb”? (a) l (b) b (c) g (d) w
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
3. 3.👅 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
4. 4.📖 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
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) p (b) l (c) s (d) h
6. 6.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
7. 7.Which word has a silent w? (a) sign (b) two (c) knob (d) knife
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) p (b) w (c) h (d) b
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) k (c) w (d) h
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) rushing long words (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) l (c) b (d) s
12. 12.Which word has a silent t? (a) wrist (b) knot (c) knife (d) castle
13. 13.Which word has a silent b? (a) folk (b) debt (c) write (d) wrist
14. 14.Which word has a silent s? (a) wrap (b) aisle (c) calm (d) fasten
15. 15.Which word has a silent b? (a) comb (b) hour (c) glisten (d) knee
16. 16.Which word has a silent p? (a) two (b) wrap (c) cupboard (d) wrist
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) breaking long words up
18. 18.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.Which word has a silent h? (a) debt (b) reign (c) wrap (d) rhino
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) g (b) t (c) w (d) b
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
22. 22.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) glisten (c) comb (d) hour
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) s (b) b (c) p (d) t
24. 24.Which word has a silent l? (a) knee (b) folk (c) hour (d) raspberry
25. 25.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) covering your mouth (d) chewing gum as you talk
27. 27.Which word has a silent b? (a) two (b) knife (c) lamb (d) reign
28. 28.Which word has a silent k? (a) two (b) knee (c) write (d) walk
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) k (b) b (c) t (d) h
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) t (b) l (c) w (d) g
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) b (b) g (c) w (d) s
32. 32.Which word has a silent b? (a) walk (b) knife (c) doubt (d) yolk
33. 33.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) write (c) glisten (d) crumb
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) w (b) p (c) l (d) s
35. 35.Which word has a silent t? (a) knee (b) fasten (c) receipt (d) knife
36. 36.🔤 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
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) p (b) w (c) g (d) t
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
40. 40.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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