Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 683 · 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 w? (a) honest (b) knee (c) knit (d) sword
2. 2.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) h (b) b (c) g (d) p
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) a steady pace (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) guessing a hard name
6. 6.Which word has a silent w? (a) rhino (b) wrist (c) folk (d) knot
7. 7.📖 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) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) h (c) t (d) w
9. 9.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
10. 10.Which word has a silent t? (a) palm (b) castle (c) climb (d) doubt
11. 11.Which word has a silent h? (a) comb (b) folk (c) yolk (d) rhino
12. 12.🔤 Does a steady pace 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 “mic”?
14. 14.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) p (c) w (d) h
16. 16.Which word has a silent k? (a) folk (b) knee (c) crumb (d) glisten
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) s (b) w (c) p (d) t
18. 18.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) t (b) p (c) k (d) b
21. 21.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.Which word has a silent g? (a) calm (b) foreign (c) yolk (d) knob
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) w (c) l (d) g
24. 24.Which word has a silent l? (a) knob (b) hour (c) listen (d) half
25. 25.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) rushing long words (d) tongue twister warm-ups
28. 28.Which word has a silent s? (a) rhino (b) comb (c) island (d) knife
29. 29.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) s (b) k (c) b (d) p
32. 32.Which word has a silent t? (a) write (b) talk (c) cupboard (d) listen
33. 33.Which word has a silent t? (a) rhino (b) crumb (c) foreign (d) glisten
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) s (b) l (c) p (d) b
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) s (b) b (c) l (d) h
36. 36.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
38. 38.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
39. 39.Which word has a silent b? (a) sword (b) castle (c) comb (d) sign
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) g (b) t (c) p (d) w

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