Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 680 · 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 “listen”? (a) t (b) g (c) h (d) l
2. 2.Which word has a silent k? (a) design (b) sword (c) lamb (d) knee
3. 3.Which word has a silent t? (a) raspberry (b) hour (c) glisten (d) calm
4. 4.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) p (b) g (c) k (d) b
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) s (b) h (c) w (d) b
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
9. 9.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) t (b) k (c) b (d) s
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
12. 12.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.Which word has a silent p? (a) sign (b) raspberry (c) island (d) half
14. 14.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
15. 15.Which word has a silent k? (a) knife (b) receipt (c) castle (d) doubt
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) guessing a hard name
17. 17.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) h (b) w (c) t (d) b
19. 19.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
20. 20.Which word has a silent l? (a) foreign (b) fasten (c) listen (d) palm
21. 21.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
23. 23.Which word has a silent l? (a) fasten (b) folk (c) listen (d) raspberry
24. 24.Which word has a silent b? (a) glisten (b) climb (c) hour (d) knife
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) rushing long words (d) covering your mouth
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) k (b) b (c) p (d) h
27. 27.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) breaking long words up
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent l? (a) half (b) fasten (c) foreign (d) climb
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
32. 32.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) t (b) l (c) k (d) p
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) p (b) g (c) h (d) s
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) l (c) k (d) b
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) checking names first
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) w (b) h (c) s (d) k
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) mumbling into your chest (c) checking names first (d) a steady pace
40. 40.Which word has a silent k? (a) sword (b) knob (c) half (d) debt

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