Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 70 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
2. 2.Which word has a silent w? (a) yolk (b) climb (c) wrap (d) palm
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) k (b) p (c) w (d) l
4. 4.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
6. 6.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) talk (c) climb (d) comb
7. 7.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) w (b) k (c) b (d) g
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) checking names first (d) saying word endings
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) l (b) s (c) t (d) g
12. 12.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) mumble it quickly
13. 13.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) aisle (c) receipt (d) folk
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) g (b) t (c) h (d) w
15. 15.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) walk (c) island (d) answer
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) p (b) s (c) b (d) h
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) k (b) w (c) s (d) t
18. 18.Which word has a silent l? (a) fasten (b) knife (c) walk (d) honest
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) a steady pace (d) rushing long words
20. 20.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.🔤 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
22. 22.Which word has a silent b? (a) write (b) foreign (c) talk (d) comb
23. 23.Which word has a silent t? (a) wrist (b) folk (c) listen (d) hour
24. 24.Which word has a silent s? (a) two (b) aisle (c) sword (d) climb
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) p (b) k (c) w (d) b
26. 26.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) l (b) t (c) w (d) g
29. 29.Which word has a silent t? (a) crumb (b) glisten (c) hour (d) sign
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) mumbling into your chest
31. 31.Which word has a silent b? (a) island (b) glisten (c) doubt (d) wrap
32. 32.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) saying word endings (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) k (b) b (c) t (d) l
35. 35.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.Which word has a silent w? (a) honest (b) cupboard (c) sword (d) lamb
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) rushing long words (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) t (c) w (d) k
39. 39.Which word has a silent p? (a) foreign (b) raspberry (c) debt (d) crumb
40. 40.Which word has a silent k? (a) talk (b) knob (c) lamb (d) glisten

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