Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 75 · 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 opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) checking names first
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) w (b) g (c) p (d) k
4. 4.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) p (b) k (c) g (d) h
7. 7.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
8. 8.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) b (b) w (c) p (d) t
10. 10.Which word has a silent t? (a) castle (b) palm (c) lamb (d) sign
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) h (c) b (d) k
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) covering your mouth (d) tongue twister warm-ups
14. 14.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
15. 15.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) k (b) w (c) b (d) t
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) w (b) b (c) s (d) p
18. 18.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.Which word has a silent h? (a) fasten (b) hour (c) castle (d) listen
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) covering your mouth
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) p (b) g (c) w (d) b
23. 23.Which word has a silent w? (a) climb (b) yolk (c) wrap (d) knot
24. 24.Which word has a silent s? (a) calm (b) lamb (c) aisle (d) knee
25. 25.Which word has a silent s? (a) sign (b) island (c) foreign (d) cupboard
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) comb (b) knife (c) two (d) knee
27. 27.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) skip it
28. 28.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) t (b) l (c) k (d) b
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) k (b) s (c) w (d) t
31. 31.Which word has a silent w? (a) fasten (b) raspberry (c) knit (d) write
32. 32.Which word has a silent k? (a) palm (b) write (c) knee (d) castle
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
34. 34.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) climb (c) hour (d) folk
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
36. 36.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) saying word endings
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) l (b) s (c) b (d) t
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) l (b) g (c) t (d) s
40. 40.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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