Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 681 · 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) folk (b) design (c) knee (d) wrap
2. 2.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) skip it
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
4. 4.Which word has a silent h? (a) yolk (b) receipt (c) talk (d) honest
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) s (c) h (d) w
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) s (b) b (c) k (d) g
7. 7.Which word has a silent b? (a) write (b) castle (c) palm (d) doubt
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) rushing long words
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) k (b) l (c) h (d) b
10. 10.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
11. 11.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
14. 14.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
15. 15.Which word has a silent l? (a) knob (b) crumb (c) calm (d) write
16. 16.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
17. 17.Which word has a silent g? (a) palm (b) debt (c) reign (d) aisle
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) k (b) g (c) b (d) h
19. 19.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.Which word has a silent l? (a) palm (b) knee (c) aisle (d) knob
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) l (b) t (c) g (d) k
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) saying word endings (d) guessing a hard name
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
24. 24.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.Which word has a silent p? (a) write (b) answer (c) wrap (d) receipt
26. 26.Which word has a silent h? (a) castle (b) crumb (c) hour (d) write
27. 27.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) climb (c) knit (d) folk
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) chewing gum as you talk
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent k? (a) hour (b) knife (c) honest (d) comb
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) mumbling into your chest (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) saying word endings
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) covering your mouth (d) chewing gum as you talk
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) s (c) h (d) k
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
38. 38.Which word has a silent t? (a) write (b) knit (c) listen (d) cupboard
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) p (b) t (c) k (d) w
40. 40.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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