Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 684 · 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 “knob”? (a) h (b) k (c) b (d) t
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
3. 3.Which word has a silent l? (a) sign (b) yolk (c) answer (d) knife
4. 4.Which word has a silent g? (a) two (b) sign (c) hour (d) wrist
5. 5.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.Which word has a silent k? (a) reign (b) half (c) walk (d) knob
7. 7.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) t (b) w (c) s (d) l
9. 9.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) l (c) s (d) k
11. 11.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) b (b) k (c) w (d) t
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
15. 15.Which word has a silent g? (a) half (b) debt (c) knob (d) foreign
16. 16.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) a steady pace
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) rushing long words (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent w? (a) yolk (b) two (c) crumb (d) rhino
22. 22.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) saying word endings (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) w (b) h (c) l (d) k
25. 25.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) s (b) w (c) h (d) t
28. 28.Which word has a silent t? (a) glisten (b) honest (c) receipt (d) two
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent h? (a) crumb (b) sign (c) hour (d) two
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) b (b) l (c) w (d) p
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) b (c) h (d) l
33. 33.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.Which word has a silent l? (a) hour (b) knot (c) palm (d) comb
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) h (b) p (c) t (d) g
36. 36.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) k (b) t (c) w (d) b
38. 38.Which word has a silent k? (a) raspberry (b) knife (c) wrap (d) crumb
39. 39.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it

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