Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 682 · 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 p? (a) walk (b) two (c) lamb (d) receipt
2. 2.Which word has a silent s? (a) receipt (b) aisle (c) answer (d) raspberry
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
4. 4.🔤 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
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) dropping word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
6. 6.Which word has a silent b? (a) talk (b) lamb (c) calm (d) knob
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) w (c) p (d) b
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) saying word endings
9. 9.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.Which word has a silent k? (a) island (b) knee (c) calm (d) half
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) b (c) l (d) h
12. 12.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) b (b) s (c) w (d) l
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) a steady pace (d) tongue twister warm-ups
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) a steady pace
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) b (b) g (c) k (d) t
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) breaking long words up (d) covering your mouth
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
19. 19.📖 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) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
20. 20.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) p (b) l (c) w (d) b
22. 22.Which word has a silent h? (a) climb (b) honest (c) cupboard (d) foreign
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) opening your mouth well (d) checking names first
25. 25.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) h (b) w (c) k (d) l
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) g (b) b (c) l (d) k
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) p (b) w (c) k (d) b
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) p (b) l (c) g (d) b
32. 32.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
33. 33.Which word has a silent g? (a) climb (b) knot (c) sign (d) folk
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent t? (a) half (b) knit (c) write (d) glisten
36. 36.Which word has a silent k? (a) folk (b) cupboard (c) yolk (d) knit
37. 37.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
39. 39.Which word has a silent l? (a) folk (b) wrist (c) honest (d) wrap
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) l (b) g (c) t (d) h

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