Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 738 · 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 b? (a) climb (b) glisten (c) rhino (d) reign
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) covering your mouth (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
4. 4.Which word has a silent p? (a) rhino (b) sword (c) receipt (d) doubt
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) h (c) w (d) b
7. 7.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) k (b) t (c) b (d) w
11. 11.Which word has a silent k? (a) two (b) island (c) knob (d) rhino
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
13. 13.Which word has a silent t? (a) lamb (b) climb (c) listen (d) reign
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) dropping word endings (d) opening your mouth well
15. 15.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.Which word has a silent l? (a) foreign (b) raspberry (c) castle (d) folk
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) l (b) h (c) s (d) p
19. 19.Which word has a silent k? (a) crumb (b) knife (c) fasten (d) honest
20. 20.🔤 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
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) s (b) b (c) h (d) p
22. 22.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.Which word has a silent h? (a) knit (b) rhino (c) aisle (d) palm
24. 24.Which word has a silent s? (a) castle (b) wrist (c) cupboard (d) aisle
25. 25.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
26. 26.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) h (b) g (c) b (d) k
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
29. 29.Which word has a silent w? (a) crumb (b) write (c) climb (d) doubt
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
31. 31.Which word has a silent h? (a) sword (b) foreign (c) raspberry (d) honest
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) l (b) w (c) g (d) s
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) g (c) s (d) w
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent t? (a) knob (b) glisten (c) half (d) lamb
36. 36.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) k (b) w (c) t (d) s
38. 38.Which word has a silent b? (a) aisle (b) folk (c) lamb (d) glisten
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?

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