Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 67 · 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.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) castle (c) climb (d) yolk
3. 3.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) w (b) t (c) b (d) g
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) a steady pace (d) chewing gum as you talk
7. 7.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrap (b) listen (c) comb (d) foreign
8. 8.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
10. 10.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) k (c) p (d) b
12. 12.Which word has a silent w? (a) foreign (b) folk (c) rhino (d) write
13. 13.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.Which word has a silent k? (a) fasten (b) knee (c) design (d) wrist
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) rushing long words
16. 16.Which word has a silent p? (a) talk (b) sign (c) raspberry (d) reign
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
18. 18.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
20. 20.Which word has a silent s? (a) raspberry (b) foreign (c) island (d) two
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) s (b) g (c) h (d) k
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) rushing long words (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) k (b) b (c) s (d) l
24. 24.Which word has a silent k? (a) calm (b) knot (c) receipt (d) write
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
26. 26.Which word has a silent h? (a) listen (b) hour (c) calm (d) comb
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) t (c) w (d) h
28. 28.Which word has a silent l? (a) design (b) hour (c) half (d) two
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent g? (a) crumb (b) reign (c) honest (d) knob
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) s (b) g (c) l (d) w
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) k (b) t (c) l (d) h
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) t (c) k (d) b
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
36. 36.Which word has a silent w? (a) half (b) honest (c) knit (d) wrap
37. 37.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
38. 38.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) break it into syllables (c) say it in one rush (d) skip it
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) k (b) h (c) p (d) w

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