Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 129 · 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.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: covering your mouth? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
2. 2.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: when you are telling the thrilling chase in a story, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🫁 Where should a strong speaking voice get its breath from? (a) only the throat (b) deep in the belly (c) the nose alone (d) holding the breath
7. 7.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
8. 8.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
9. 9.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) speed up even more (b) skip the hard parts (c) slow down on purpose (d) stop breathing
10. 10.🔊 You are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
11. 11.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) changing your speed (b) shouting every word (c) keeping your chin up (d) speaking to the back row
13. 13.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
14. 14.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) mumbling (c) breathing from the belly (d) covering your mouth
15. 15.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) breathing from the belly (c) speaking to the back row (d) trailing off at the end
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trailing off at the end (b) finishing every word (c) breathing from the belly (d) keeping your chin up
17. 17.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: rushing through it? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
19. 19.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
20. 20.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
21. 21.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
22. 22.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: finishing every word? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
23. 23.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) finishing every word (b) rushing through it (c) sipping water before (d) breathing from the belly
24. 24.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔊 You are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
26. 26.🔊 You are talking to a friend in the school library. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
27. 27.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
29. 29.🐢 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
30. 30.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
31. 31.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) as loud as a scream (b) in a whisper (c) so the back row hears (d) only for the front row
32. 32.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) rushing through it (c) shouting every word (d) trailing off at the end
33. 33.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking into your notes? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
34. 34.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: when you are describing the last seconds of a close race, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) stressing (b) pausing (c) projecting (d) trailing off
37. 37.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting every word (b) covering your mouth (c) speaking into your notes (d) speaking to the back row

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