Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 691 · 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 “island”? (a) t (b) g (c) s (d) b
2. 2.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) breaking long words up (c) checking names first (d) opening your mouth well
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
5. 5.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) t (b) k (c) w (d) l
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
8. 8.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) p (b) g (c) b (d) h
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) t (c) h (d) g
11. 11.Which word has a silent k? (a) knife (b) listen (c) walk (d) receipt
12. 12.🔤 Does covering your mouth 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 “pronunciation”?
14. 14.Which word has a silent p? (a) calm (b) lamb (c) cupboard (d) two
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) p (b) k (c) l (d) g
16. 16.Which word has a silent h? (a) answer (b) rhino (c) cupboard (d) calm
17. 17.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
19. 19.Which word has a silent t? (a) debt (b) fasten (c) cupboard (d) talk
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) b (b) l (c) h (d) t
22. 22.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
23. 23.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) say it in one rush (c) skip it (d) whisper it
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) rushing long words
25. 25.Which word has a silent t? (a) debt (b) castle (c) wrap (d) rhino
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) g (b) p (c) t (d) k
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) k (b) l (c) s (d) g
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
29. 29.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) checking names first
31. 31.Which word has a silent l? (a) talk (b) wrist (c) lamb (d) listen
32. 32.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.Which word has a silent b? (a) lamb (b) island (c) glisten (d) calm
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
36. 36.Which word has a silent p? (a) two (b) debt (c) fasten (d) receipt
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) k (b) b (c) p (d) w
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?

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