Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 127 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Back row, steady pace): Volume: louder for a big hall, the playground or a noisy place; softer near a microphone or in a quiet room. Pace: about 120–150 words a minute; slow down for numbers, hard ideas, young listeners and your key message. Helpful habits: belly breathing, speaking to the back row, finishing every word. Unhelpful: mumbling, shouting, rushing, trailing off.

1. 1.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔊 You are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
4. 4.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
5. 5.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
6. 6.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
9. 9.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) shouting every word (c) rushing through it (d) finishing every word
10. 10.True or false: when you are describing the last seconds of a close race, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) rushing through it (b) trailing off at the end (c) speaking into your notes (d) breathing from the belly
12. 12.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
13. 13.True or false: when you are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: when you are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: covering your mouth? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
17. 17.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) whisper softly (b) shout angrily (c) speak to reach the back (d) speak very fast
18. 18.🔊 You are talking to a friend in the school library. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing every word (b) breathing from the belly (c) speaking to the back row (d) mumbling
20. 20.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
21. 21.🐢 You are telling the thrilling chase in a story. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
22. 22.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) trailing off at the end (c) speaking into your notes (d) changing your speed
23. 23.🔊 You are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
24. 24.🐢 You are saying the main message of your speech. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
25. 25.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: when you are describing the last seconds of a close race, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
28. 28.🔊 You are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
29. 29.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) projecting (b) stressing (c) trailing off (d) pausing
30. 30.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) skip the hard parts (b) speed up even more (c) stop breathing (d) slow down on purpose
31. 31.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) rushing through it (c) breathing from the belly (d) keeping your chin up
32. 32.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) breathing from the belly (b) finishing every word (c) speaking into your notes (d) speaking to the back row
33. 33.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
34. 34.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: when you are telling the thrilling chase in a story, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: when you are showing how excited the crowd was at a match, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🐢 You are showing how excited the crowd was at a match. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
40. 40.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: shouting every word? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit

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