Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

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

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