Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 252 · 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: keeping your chin up? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
2. 2.🐢 You are reading out a phone number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
3. 3.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) covering your mouth (c) sipping water before (d) trailing off at the end
5. 5.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🐇 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
7. 7.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) as loud as a scream (b) so the back row hears (c) only for the front row (d) in a whisper
9. 9.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🐢 You are speaking in a big hall that echoes. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
12. 12.True or false: when you are saying the main message of your speech, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: sipping water before? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
14. 14.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) speaking to the back row (b) trailing off at the end (c) changing your speed (d) sipping water before
15. 15.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your chin up (b) changing your speed (c) shouting every word (d) finishing every word
18. 18.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) speaking into your notes (b) covering your mouth (c) trailing off at the end (d) finishing every word
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) shouting every word (c) rushing through it (d) breathing from the belly
20. 20.🔊 You are talking to a friend in the school library. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
21. 21.🐢 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
22. 22.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) trailing off (b) pausing (c) projecting (d) stressing
23. 23.⏱️ Which pace is about right for a clear school speech? (a) about 120–150 words/min (b) about 400 words/min (c) about 20 words/min
24. 24.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) changing your speed (b) shouting every word (c) mumbling (d) trailing off at the end
25. 25.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔊 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
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering your mouth (b) breathing from the belly (c) sipping water before (d) keeping your chin up
28. 28.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) covering your mouth (c) finishing every word (d) rushing through it
30. 30.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: mumbling? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
32. 32.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
33. 33.🔊 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
34. 34.True or false: when you are showing how excited the crowd was at a match, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking into your notes? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
36. 36.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) covering your mouth (c) speaking into your notes (d) speaking to the back row
37. 37.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) rushing through it (c) trailing off at the end (d) breathing from the belly
38. 38.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: rushing through it? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
39. 39.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True

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