Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 677 · 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 g? (a) receipt (b) foreign (c) knob (d) fasten
2. 2.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
5. 5.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.Which word has a silent w? (a) knit (b) design (c) climb (d) answer
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) s (b) k (c) b (d) g
8. 8.Which word has a silent k? (a) palm (b) knob (c) wrap (d) listen
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) s (c) b (d) t
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) checking names first (d) covering your mouth
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) s (b) g (c) t (d) k
12. 12.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) guess it on stage (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
14. 14.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) castle (c) knee (d) crumb
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) saying word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
17. 17.Which word has a silent b? (a) cupboard (b) yolk (c) knot (d) comb
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) b (b) t (c) w (d) l
19. 19.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.Which word has a silent p? (a) reign (b) raspberry (c) half (d) knob
21. 21.Which word has a silent p? (a) sign (b) climb (c) sword (d) cupboard
22. 22.Which word has a silent h? (a) knife (b) listen (c) sword (d) honest
23. 23.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
25. 25.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
26. 26.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) g (b) b (c) t (d) h
29. 29.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) knob (c) sword (d) two
31. 31.Which word has a silent w? (a) cupboard (b) crumb (c) two (d) listen
32. 32.Which word has a silent t? (a) knee (b) fasten (c) comb (d) reign
33. 33.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.Which word has a silent s? (a) write (b) knob (c) aisle (d) doubt
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) covering your mouth (d) breaking long words up
36. 36.Which word has a silent k? (a) knot (b) aisle (c) climb (d) receipt
37. 37.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) l (b) p (c) h (d) k
40. 40.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrist (b) knee (c) calm (d) palm

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