Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 168 · 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.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
2. 2.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
3. 3.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) finishing every word (b) sipping water before (c) rushing through it (d) speaking to the back row
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) trailing off at the end (c) mumbling (d) breathing from the belly
5. 5.🐢 You are saying the main message of your speech. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
6. 6.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
8. 8.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) finishing every word (c) trailing off at the end (d) breathing from the belly
10. 10.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
12. 12.🐢 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
13. 13.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) rushing through it (c) mumbling (d) shouting every word
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing through it (b) keeping your chin up (c) speaking to the back row (d) changing your speed
15. 15.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) stressing (b) projecting (c) pausing (d) trailing off
16. 16.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking to the back row (b) speaking into your notes (c) breathing from the belly (d) sipping water before
18. 18.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) rushing through it (b) shouting every word (c) finishing every word (d) speaking into your notes
19. 19.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
20. 20.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
21. 21.🔊 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
22. 22.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) breathing from the belly (c) finishing every word (d) mumbling
23. 23.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) so the back row hears (b) only for the front row (c) in a whisper (d) as loud as a scream
25. 25.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: finishing every word? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
26. 26.True or false: when you are saying the main message of your speech, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) sipping water before (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling
28. 28.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
29. 29.True or false: when you are describing the last seconds of a close race, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
31. 31.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
33. 33.🐢 You are describing the last seconds of a close race. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
34. 34.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) finishing every word (c) breathing from the belly (d) speaking into your notes
36. 36.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🐇 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
38. 38.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) covering your mouth (c) trailing off at the end (d) breathing from the belly
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trailing off at the end (b) rushing through it (c) speaking to the back row (d) speaking into your notes
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking to the back row (b) covering your mouth (c) breathing from the belly (d) sipping water before

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