Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

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

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