Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 743 · 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.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.Which word has a silent t? (a) fasten (b) raspberry (c) knife (d) crumb
3. 3.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.Which word has a silent w? (a) fasten (b) knee (c) glisten (d) answer
5. 5.Which word has a silent s? (a) talk (b) cupboard (c) climb (d) aisle
6. 6.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) t (b) g (c) l (d) p
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
9. 9.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.Which word has a silent w? (a) sword (b) listen (c) debt (d) knife
11. 11.Which word has a silent t? (a) half (b) listen (c) foreign (d) palm
12. 12.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) g (b) t (c) w (d) p
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) b (c) p (d) g
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
16. 16.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
17. 17.Which word has a silent k? (a) knob (b) reign (c) wrist (d) sign
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) p (b) b (c) l (d) k
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) t (b) g (c) b (d) k
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) breaking long words up
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) mumbling into your chest (c) a steady pace (d) tongue twister warm-ups
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) w (b) k (c) g (d) l
24. 24.Which word has a silent p? (a) knob (b) write (c) rhino (d) cupboard
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
26. 26.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
27. 27.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) say it in one rush (d) whisper it
28. 28.Which word has a silent g? (a) glisten (b) doubt (c) castle (d) sign
29. 29.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) g (b) h (c) l (d) k
32. 32.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrist (b) honest (c) debt (d) listen
34. 34.Which word has a silent p? (a) glisten (b) lamb (c) receipt (d) yolk
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) w (c) b (d) t
38. 38.Which word has a silent b? (a) write (b) castle (c) yolk (d) crumb
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) b (b) s (c) l (d) t
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) h (b) g (c) t (d) w

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