Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 717 · 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 “receipt”? (a) g (b) w (c) p (d) h
2. 2.Which word has a silent l? (a) fasten (b) calm (c) sign (d) receipt
3. 3.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) k (b) p (c) t (d) w
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.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
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 “walk”? (a) g (b) l (c) k (d) w
10. 10.Which word has a silent t? (a) knot (b) crumb (c) glisten (d) aisle
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) knob (c) foreign (d) hour
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
14. 14.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) skip it
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) chewing gum as you talk
16. 16.Which word has a silent b? (a) folk (b) receipt (c) lamb (d) island
17. 17.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
18. 18.Which word has a silent l? (a) glisten (b) receipt (c) fasten (d) palm
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) tongue twister warm-ups
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent l? (a) cupboard (b) folk (c) answer (d) wrap
22. 22.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.Which word has a silent k? (a) castle (b) write (c) hour (d) knife
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) covering your mouth (d) tongue twister warm-ups
25. 25.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) w (b) p (c) g (d) t
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
28. 28.Which word has a silent b? (a) knot (b) climb (c) castle (d) raspberry
29. 29.Which word has a silent h? (a) sword (b) rhino (c) write (d) debt
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) s (c) w (d) b
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent t? (a) yolk (b) listen (c) folk (d) calm
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) s (b) t (c) b (d) w
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) h (b) b (c) t (d) w
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) covering your mouth (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) t (b) p (c) s (d) h
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
40. 40.Which word has a silent s? (a) wrist (b) reign (c) island (d) knife

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