Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 718 · 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.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
2. 2.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) testing your hearing
3. 3.Which word has a silent k? (a) knit (b) crumb (c) climb (d) debt
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) b (b) l (c) p (d) s
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) h (b) b (c) w (d) g
8. 8.Which word has a silent s? (a) wrap (b) island (c) climb (d) wrist
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) saying word endings
10. 10.Which word has a silent h? (a) talk (b) hour (c) wrap (d) crumb
11. 11.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) mumbling into your chest
14. 14.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
15. 15.Which word has a silent g? (a) wrap (b) sign (c) knot (d) answer
16. 16.Which word has a silent k? (a) honest (b) knot (c) aisle (d) crumb
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) k (b) l (c) t (d) p
18. 18.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) wrist (c) palm (d) comb
19. 19.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) l (b) p (c) g (d) w
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) h (b) l (c) s (d) p
22. 22.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) a steady pace (d) checking names first
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) s (b) l (c) t (d) k
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) s (b) b (c) p (d) k
26. 26.Which word has a silent l? (a) wrist (b) palm (c) crumb (d) lamb
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) w (b) b (c) k (d) l
28. 28.Which word has a silent g? (a) honest (b) design (c) walk (d) rhino
29. 29.Which word has a silent l? (a) knee (b) island (c) folk (d) knife
30. 30.Which word has a silent b? (a) fasten (b) cupboard (c) lamb (d) listen
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) b (b) h (c) s (d) k
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) p (b) l (c) g (d) t
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) s (b) k (c) h (d) w
39. 39.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) h (c) p (d) k

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