Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 689 · 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 “knit”? (a) s (b) t (c) b (d) k
2. 2.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) s (b) g (c) t (d) p
4. 4.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
8. 8.Which word has a silent w? (a) lamb (b) yolk (c) doubt (d) wrap
9. 9.Which word has a silent w? (a) palm (b) cupboard (c) write (d) receipt
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
11. 11.Which word has a silent b? (a) glisten (b) honest (c) wrap (d) crumb
12. 12.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
14. 14.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) saying word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) b (b) g (c) k (d) h
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) g (b) l (c) k (d) w
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) covering your mouth (d) opening your mouth well
21. 21.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) l (c) g (d) k
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 word has a silent k? (a) answer (b) two (c) receipt (d) knife
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) b (c) k (d) p
27. 27.Which word has a silent g? (a) comb (b) honest (c) knee (d) reign
28. 28.Which word has a silent s? (a) yolk (b) palm (c) island (d) raspberry
29. 29.Which word has a silent b? (a) reign (b) knob (c) comb (d) receipt
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) s (c) g (d) b
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) g (b) b (c) s (d) w
34. 34.Which word has a silent g? (a) two (b) sign (c) cupboard (d) write
35. 35.Which word has a silent t? (a) calm (b) wrap (c) walk (d) castle
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) t (b) s (c) w (d) g
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) t (b) h (c) b (d) g
40. 40.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush

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