Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 688 · 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 “knife”? (a) h (b) l (c) k (d) t
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) saying word endings
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) p (b) l (c) w (d) b
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) opening your mouth well (c) dropping word endings (d) rushing long words
5. 5.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.Which word has a silent p? (a) calm (b) receipt (c) aisle (d) sign
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) t (b) w (c) k (d) b
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) w (b) h (c) s (d) b
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) h (b) k (c) g (d) w
11. 11.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
13. 13.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) w (b) h (c) t (d) g
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) w (b) t (c) k (d) l
17. 17.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) l (b) w (c) b (d) p
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) b (b) w (c) l (d) h
20. 20.Which word has a silent g? (a) palm (b) design (c) walk (d) answer
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) t (c) g (d) w
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) l (b) t (c) p (d) g
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
24. 24.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) covering your mouth
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) h (b) p (c) b (d) t
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) checking names first (d) guessing a hard name
29. 29.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) sign (c) wrist (d) comb
30. 30.Which word has a silent l? (a) debt (b) sign (c) aisle (d) talk
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) l (b) h (c) k (d) p
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) l (b) w (c) s (d) t
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent g? (a) fasten (b) calm (c) sign (d) doubt
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) l (b) t (c) b (d) k
38. 38.Which word has a silent b? (a) climb (b) sword (c) castle (d) foreign
39. 39.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) mumbling into your chest (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups

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