Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 740 · 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 s? (a) write (b) debt (c) yolk (d) island
2. 2.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
4. 4.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
5. 5.Which word has a silent l? (a) palm (b) castle (c) listen (d) crumb
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
8. 8.🔤 Does a steady pace 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) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
11. 11.Which word has a silent k? (a) crumb (b) talk (c) knife (d) write
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) g (b) h (c) w (d) s
13. 13.Which word has a silent t? (a) rhino (b) design (c) receipt (d) listen
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) g (b) b (c) s (d) t
16. 16.Which word has a silent w? (a) listen (b) two (c) talk (d) sign
17. 17.Which word has a silent g? (a) design (b) palm (c) yolk (d) honest
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 “wrap”? (a) b (b) t (c) l (d) w
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) saying word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) opening your mouth well
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) p (c) t (d) g
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent b? (a) two (b) foreign (c) doubt (d) half
25. 25.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.Which word has a silent h? (a) doubt (b) raspberry (c) hour (d) lamb
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) k (b) g (c) b (d) h
28. 28.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent g? (a) knife (b) knob (c) foreign (d) receipt
31. 31.Which word has a silent p? (a) knife (b) knit (c) sign (d) raspberry
32. 32.📖 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) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) checking names first (d) opening your mouth well
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) h (b) b (c) l (d) p
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) s (b) k (c) w (d) p
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) w (b) b (c) t (d) h
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) g (b) s (c) b (d) k
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) l (b) h (c) p (d) g
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) w (c) t (d) g

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