Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 665 · 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 word has a silent l? (a) glisten (b) yolk (c) sword (d) knit
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) b (b) h (c) g (d) s
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) saying word endings (c) dropping word endings (d) rushing long words
4. 4.Which word has a silent b? (a) knee (b) knife (c) write (d) debt
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) p (b) h (c) b (d) k
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) w (b) h (c) l (d) k
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
8. 8.Which word has a silent h? (a) foreign (b) cupboard (c) sign (d) hour
9. 9.Which word has a silent l? (a) wrist (b) knit (c) lamb (d) palm
10. 10.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
12. 12.Which word has a silent k? (a) design (b) talk (c) hour (d) knife
13. 13.Which word has a silent t? (a) climb (b) receipt (c) listen (d) half
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) k (b) t (c) b (d) p
15. 15.Which word has a silent g? (a) sign (b) calm (c) debt (d) aisle
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) w (b) k (c) g (d) t
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) g (b) h (c) s (d) w
18. 18.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) b (b) w (c) k (d) p
20. 20.👅 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
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) s (b) p (c) b (d) k
22. 22.Which word has a silent w? (a) lamb (b) write (c) walk (d) palm
23. 23.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) skip the name (c) guess it on stage (d) mumble it quickly
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent b? (a) write (b) walk (c) answer (d) comb
26. 26.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
27. 27.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) t (b) w (c) g (d) l
30. 30.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent t? (a) knot (b) sword (c) receipt (d) fasten
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
35. 35.Which word has a silent t? (a) wrap (b) write (c) glisten (d) sign
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
38. 38.Which word has a silent s? (a) reign (b) island (c) lamb (d) hour
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?

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