Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 714 · 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 l? (a) knot (b) fasten (c) yolk (d) hour
2. 2.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) g (b) w (c) k (d) t
4. 4.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.Which word has a silent t? (a) hour (b) answer (c) castle (d) half
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) p (b) w (c) s (d) b
8. 8.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.Which word has a silent b? (a) knife (b) write (c) comb (d) listen
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) a steady pace (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
11. 11.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) p (b) l (c) b (d) k
13. 13.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) debt (c) honest (d) comb
14. 14.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
15. 15.Which word has a silent b? (a) listen (b) doubt (c) knee (d) sword
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) h (b) s (c) p (d) k
17. 17.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) h (b) k (c) t (d) g
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) covering your mouth (c) breaking long words up (d) tongue twister warm-ups
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) mumbling into your chest (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent t? (a) glisten (b) talk (c) hour (d) sign
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
27. 27.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
28. 28.Which word has a silent k? (a) knee (b) yolk (c) half (d) fasten
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) rushing long words (d) opening your mouth well
30. 30.Which word has a silent h? (a) knit (b) glisten (c) reign (d) hour
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) g (b) k (c) w (d) p
32. 32.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.Which word has a silent w? (a) calm (b) two (c) hour (d) receipt
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) t (b) s (c) l (d) h
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) k (b) w (c) g (d) s
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
38. 38.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?

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