Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 95 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
2. 2.Which word has a silent g? (a) cupboard (b) foreign (c) wrap (d) doubt
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing long words (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) guessing a hard name
4. 4.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) h (b) k (c) p (d) b
8. 8.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
9. 9.Which word has a silent l? (a) calm (b) reign (c) receipt (d) two
10. 10.Which word has a silent l? (a) knot (b) knit (c) folk (d) write
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) h (b) s (c) b (d) k
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) g (c) l (d) s
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) p (b) w (c) l (d) b
15. 15.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) wrap (c) comb (d) fasten
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) w (b) h (c) b (d) l
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) breaking long words up (c) mumbling into your chest (d) rushing long words
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) h (b) k (c) l (d) g
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) dropping word endings
20. 20.Which word has a silent g? (a) two (b) glisten (c) knee (d) sign
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
22. 22.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.Which word has a silent l? (a) lamb (b) walk (c) castle (d) receipt
24. 24.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) t (b) l (c) k (d) w
26. 26.Which word has a silent s? (a) palm (b) island (c) sword (d) listen
27. 27.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrap (b) aisle (c) climb (d) knee
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) t (b) l (c) b (d) w
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
30. 30.Which word has a silent k? (a) design (b) answer (c) sign (d) knob
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
32. 32.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
33. 33.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) rushing long words (d) guessing a hard name
36. 36.Which word has a silent k? (a) comb (b) design (c) knot (d) lamb
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) g (b) s (c) l (d) b
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?

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