Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 20 · 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 announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
2. 2.🔊 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
3. 3.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) speaking into your notes (c) sipping water before (d) finishing every word
4. 4.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
5. 5.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: finishing every word? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
8. 8.🫁 Where should a strong speaking voice get its breath from? (a) the nose alone (b) only the throat (c) deep in the belly (d) holding the breath
9. 9.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) as loud as a scream (b) so the back row hears (c) in a whisper (d) only for the front row
10. 10.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) breathing from the belly (c) finishing every word (d) keeping your chin up
11. 11.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
12. 12.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mumbling (b) changing your speed (c) speaking to the back row (d) keeping your chin up
15. 15.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
17. 17.🐢 You are speaking in a big hall that echoes. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing through it (b) finishing every word (c) changing your speed (d) breathing from the belly
19. 19.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
21. 21.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
22. 22.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) stressing (b) projecting (c) pausing (d) trailing off
23. 23.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: trailing off at the end? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
24. 24.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering your mouth (b) breathing from the belly (c) rushing through it (d) speaking into your notes
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mumbling (b) sipping water before (c) covering your mouth (d) speaking into your notes
27. 27.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking into your notes? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
29. 29.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🐢 You are describing the last seconds of a close race. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
31. 31.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) breathing from the belly (b) trailing off at the end (c) rushing through it (d) mumbling
32. 32.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
33. 33.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) speed up even more (b) stop breathing (c) slow down on purpose (d) skip the hard parts
34. 34.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) rushing through it (c) speaking to the back row (d) trailing off at the end
38. 38.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) sipping water before (c) finishing every word (d) breathing from the belly
39. 39.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🐢 You are showing how excited the crowd was at a match. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down

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