Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 668 · 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) w (b) h (c) t (d) g
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) s (b) w (c) l (d) b
3. 3.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) b (c) k (d) h
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) k (b) b (c) w (d) l
6. 6.Which word has a silent b? (a) crumb (b) calm (c) sword (d) hour
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
8. 8.Which word has a silent k? (a) talk (b) yolk (c) crumb (d) knee
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) guessing a hard name (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
10. 10.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) opening your mouth well (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
12. 12.📖 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) mumble it quickly (d) guess it on stage
13. 13.Which word has a silent g? (a) talk (b) fasten (c) knife (d) reign
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) chewing gum as you talk
16. 16.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
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 word has a silent s? (a) wrist (b) talk (c) castle (d) island
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) mumbling into your chest
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) w (b) b (c) t (d) h
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) p (b) l (c) t (d) k
23. 23.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.Which word has a silent b? (a) climb (b) calm (c) glisten (d) write
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) checking names first (d) breaking long words up
27. 27.Which word has a silent l? (a) two (b) write (c) calm (d) wrap
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
29. 29.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) checking names first (c) covering your mouth (d) chewing gum as you talk
30. 30.👅 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
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) guessing a hard name (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) w (c) h (d) k
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent h? (a) cupboard (b) doubt (c) rhino (d) lamb
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
37. 37.Which word has a silent t? (a) rhino (b) two (c) debt (d) glisten
38. 38.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) saying word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) dropping word endings
40. 40.Which word has a silent w? (a) knife (b) write (c) castle (d) rhino

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