Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 706 · 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 word has a silent k? (a) reign (b) knob (c) glisten (d) yolk
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) w (b) l (c) s (d) b
3. 3.Which word has a silent h? (a) doubt (b) half (c) sign (d) honest
4. 4.Which word has a silent w? (a) design (b) knife (c) wrist (d) knob
5. 5.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) skip the name (c) guess it on stage (d) mumble it quickly
6. 6.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
8. 8.Which word has a silent l? (a) glisten (b) aisle (c) walk (d) crumb
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) t (b) p (c) k (d) l
10. 10.Which word has a silent h? (a) cupboard (b) calm (c) rhino (d) knot
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) g (b) w (c) l (d) k
13. 13.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) w (c) t (d) h
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) t (b) w (c) g (d) h
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) chewing gum as you talk
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) opening your mouth well
23. 23.Which word has a silent t? (a) palm (b) two (c) cupboard (d) listen
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
25. 25.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) castle (c) receipt (d) raspberry
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) l (b) g (c) b (d) w
28. 28.Which word has a silent p? (a) sign (b) knit (c) receipt (d) knife
29. 29.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
30. 30.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) g (b) b (c) l (d) s
32. 32.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) l (b) p (c) b (d) w
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) g (b) s (c) t (d) h
35. 35.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.Which word has a silent b? (a) glisten (b) half (c) wrist (d) debt
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) guessing a hard name (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
39. 39.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?

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