Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 318 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) speaking to the back row (b) keeping your chin up (c) changing your speed (d) mumbling
2. 2.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking to the back row (b) speaking into your notes (c) finishing every word (d) breathing from the belly
4. 4.🐢 You are reading out a phone number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
5. 5.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
6. 6.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking into your notes? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
7. 7.True or false: when you are speaking in a big hall that echoes, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting every word (b) changing your speed (c) breathing from the belly (d) keeping your chin up
9. 9.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
10. 10.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
11. 11.True or false: when you are saying the main message of your speech, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) keeping your chin up (c) breathing from the belly (d) changing your speed
13. 13.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🐢 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
15. 15.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, 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 softer (b) speak louder
17. 17.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🐢 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
19. 19.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) in a whisper (b) so the back row hears (c) only for the front row (d) as loud as a scream
20. 20.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
21. 21.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
24. 24.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) shouting every word (c) speaking into your notes (d) finishing every word
25. 25.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: rushing through it? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
27. 27.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) speak very fast (b) whisper softly (c) shout angrily (d) speak to reach the back
28. 28.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking to the back row? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
29. 29.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: shouting every word? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
30. 30.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sipping water before (b) finishing every word (c) keeping your chin up (d) trailing off at the end
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting every word (b) mumbling (c) trailing off at the end (d) breathing from the belly
33. 33.True or false: when you are saying the main message of your speech, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) shouting every word (c) speaking into your notes (d) changing your speed
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) rushing through it (c) trailing off at the end (d) keeping your chin up
36. 36.True or false: when you are describing the last seconds of a close race, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.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
39. 39.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) stressing (b) trailing off (c) projecting (d) pausing

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