Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 222 · 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: speaking to the back row? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
2. 2.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🐢 You are telling the thrilling chase in a story. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
4. 4.True or false: when you are telling the thrilling chase in a story, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: when you are saying the main message of your speech, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.⏱️ Which pace is about right for a clear school speech? (a) about 120–150 words/min (b) about 20 words/min (c) about 400 words/min
7. 7.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
8. 8.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
9. 9.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) mumbling (c) shouting every word (d) sipping water before
13. 13.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
16. 16.🐢 You are reading out a phone number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering your mouth (b) speaking into your notes (c) breathing from the belly (d) rushing through it
18. 18.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) so the back row hears (b) in a whisper (c) as loud as a scream (d) only for the front row
19. 19.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
20. 20.🐢 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
21. 21.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) pausing (b) stressing (c) trailing off (d) projecting
22. 22.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) mumbling (c) covering your mouth (d) speaking to the back row
23. 23.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) changing your speed (b) breathing from the belly (c) shouting every word (d) sipping water before
24. 24.🫁 Where should a strong speaking voice get its breath from? (a) holding the breath (b) the nose alone (c) only the throat (d) deep in the belly
25. 25.True or false: when you are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) speaking to the back row (c) mumbling (d) breathing from the belly
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sipping water before (b) covering your mouth (c) changing your speed (d) breathing from the belly
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.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: trailing off at the end? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
30. 30.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) whisper softly (b) speak very fast (c) shout angrily (d) speak to reach the back
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing your speed (b) speaking into your notes (c) shouting every word (d) mumbling
32. 32.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) covering your mouth (c) changing your speed (d) rushing through it
33. 33.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing every word (b) mumbling (c) trailing off at the end (d) covering your mouth
35. 35.🔊 You are talking to a friend in the school library. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting every word (b) changing your speed (c) speaking to the back row (d) breathing from the belly
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mumbling (b) keeping your chin up (c) rushing through it (d) shouting every word
38. 38.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True

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