Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 256 · 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.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) speaking into your notes (c) shouting every word (d) changing your speed
2. 2.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
3. 3.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing your speed (b) covering your mouth (c) speaking into your notes (d) shouting every word
5. 5.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔊 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
7. 7.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🐢 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
9. 9.🫁 Where should a strong speaking voice get its breath from? (a) only the throat (b) holding the breath (c) the nose alone (d) deep in the belly
10. 10.🐢 You are reading out a phone number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
11. 11.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) breathing from the belly (b) finishing every word (c) changing your speed (d) speaking into your notes
12. 12.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) finishing every word (c) covering your mouth (d) breathing from the belly
13. 13.🐢 You are telling the thrilling chase in a story. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
14. 14.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
15. 15.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
17. 17.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
18. 18.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
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing through it (b) keeping your chin up (c) breathing from the belly (d) changing your speed
20. 20.True or false: when you are telling the thrilling chase in a story, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
23. 23.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
25. 25.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) changing your speed (b) finishing every word (c) keeping your chin up (d) mumbling
27. 27.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: rushing through it? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
29. 29.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) finishing every word (c) speaking to the back row (d) trailing off at the end
30. 30.🐢 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
31. 31.🔊 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
32. 32.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
34. 34.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) speaking into your notes (b) breathing from the belly (c) shouting every word (d) mumbling
35. 35.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: trailing off at the end? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mumbling (b) rushing through it (c) speaking into your notes (d) finishing every word
37. 37.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
38. 38.🐢 You are speaking in a big hall that echoes. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
39. 39.True or false: when you are speaking in a big hall that echoes, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True

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