Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 77 · 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 tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) g (b) l (c) k (d) p
6. 6.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
7. 7.Which word has a silent g? (a) raspberry (b) rhino (c) fasten (d) design
8. 8.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) t (b) l (c) w (d) b
11. 11.📖 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
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
13. 13.Which word has a silent t? (a) knee (b) climb (c) listen (d) sword
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) w (b) s (c) t (d) k
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent w? (a) yolk (b) climb (c) island (d) wrist
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) guessing a hard name
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
19. 19.Which word has a silent s? (a) foreign (b) debt (c) island (d) folk
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) opening your mouth well
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) guessing a hard name (c) covering your mouth (d) breaking long words up
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) g (b) p (c) t (d) w
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent g? (a) glisten (b) sign (c) debt (d) walk
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
26. 26.Which word has a silent b? (a) two (b) doubt (c) calm (d) island
27. 27.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) p (b) k (c) b (d) l
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) s (b) p (c) w (d) g
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) k (b) t (c) s (d) l
32. 32.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
33. 33.Which word has a silent t? (a) half (b) fasten (c) knee (d) two
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) t (b) k (c) l (d) b
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) b (b) w (c) l (d) k
36. 36.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) covering your mouth
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) h (b) b (c) w (d) g
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) t (b) g (c) s (d) p
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) p (b) g (c) k (d) b

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