Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 664 · 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 “answer”? (a) t (b) k (c) w (d) l
2. 2.Which word has a silent g? (a) raspberry (b) calm (c) half (d) design
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) k (b) w (c) h (d) b
4. 4.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
6. 6.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
8. 8.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.Which word has a silent w? (a) raspberry (b) comb (c) calm (d) sword
11. 11.Which word has a silent h? (a) glisten (b) island (c) raspberry (d) rhino
12. 12.Which word has a silent l? (a) knob (b) walk (c) reign (d) crumb
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) breaking long words up (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
15. 15.Which word has a silent l? (a) answer (b) doubt (c) hour (d) half
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) a steady pace (c) dropping word endings (d) covering your mouth
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) g (b) k (c) l (d) b
18. 18.Which word has a silent l? (a) foreign (b) castle (c) fasten (d) palm
19. 19.Which word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) rhino (c) aisle (d) wrist
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) g (c) h (d) w
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
22. 22.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) say it in one rush (c) skip it (d) whisper it
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) dropping word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) checking names first
25. 25.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrap (b) talk (c) doubt (d) knot
26. 26.Which word has a silent p? (a) crumb (b) raspberry (c) two (d) climb
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) p (b) t (c) b (d) l
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
29. 29.Which word has a silent h? (a) talk (b) honest (c) knit (d) raspberry
30. 30.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) knee (c) half (d) knob
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) g (d) t
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) l (b) t (c) g (d) k
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) saying word endings (d) breaking long words up
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) p (b) k (c) s (d) t
36. 36.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
39. 39.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech

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