Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 715 · 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 of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) s (b) l (c) w (d) h
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) k (b) g (c) p (d) h
5. 5.Which word has a silent g? (a) doubt (b) reign (c) aisle (d) write
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) h (b) g (c) k (d) t
7. 7.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
8. 8.Which word has a silent w? (a) half (b) foreign (c) answer (d) walk
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) g (b) t (c) k (d) p
10. 10.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) skip the name (d) guess it on stage
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) b (b) w (c) t (d) p
14. 14.Which word has a silent g? (a) half (b) two (c) foreign (d) receipt
15. 15.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) g (b) l (c) w (d) p
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) t (b) w (c) k (d) l
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent l? (a) walk (b) castle (c) rhino (d) foreign
22. 22.Which word has a silent k? (a) listen (b) fasten (c) knot (d) wrap
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) t (b) b (c) p (d) g
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
25. 25.Which word has a silent w? (a) folk (b) island (c) foreign (d) sword
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) guessing a hard name
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
28. 28.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) s (b) t (c) g (d) h
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) covering your mouth
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) b (c) s (d) l
32. 32.Which word has a silent l? (a) fasten (b) palm (c) raspberry (d) hour
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) h (b) w (c) k (d) g
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent t? (a) answer (b) knee (c) aisle (d) glisten
36. 36.Which word has a silent w? (a) hour (b) wrist (c) palm (d) cupboard
37. 37.Which word has a silent t? (a) write (b) castle (c) palm (d) knot
38. 38.Which word has a silent w? (a) knob (b) knee (c) write (d) cupboard
39. 39.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) t (b) b (c) p (d) h

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