Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 349 · 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) keeping your chin up (b) shouting every word (c) speaking into your notes (d) trailing off at the end
2. 2.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) slow down on purpose (b) skip the hard parts (c) speed up even more (d) stop breathing
4. 4.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: finishing every word? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your chin up (b) changing your speed (c) finishing every word (d) trailing off at the end
6. 6.🐢 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
7. 7.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
8. 8.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) shouting every word (c) trailing off at the end (d) speaking to the back row
9. 9.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) rushing through it (b) mumbling (c) speaking into your notes (d) breathing from the belly
10. 10.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
11. 11.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔊 You are talking to a friend in the school library. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
13. 13.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
15. 15.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) speaking into your notes (c) speaking to the back row (d) sipping water before
16. 16.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: shouting every word? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
17. 17.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) finishing every word (b) keeping your chin up (c) changing your speed (d) covering your mouth
19. 19.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) as loud as a scream (b) only for the front row (c) in a whisper (d) so the back row hears
20. 20.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting every word (b) keeping your chin up (c) finishing every word (d) changing your speed
22. 22.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing your speed (b) keeping your chin up (c) sipping water before (d) rushing through it
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.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
26. 26.🐢 You are reading out a phone number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
27. 27.🔊 You are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
28. 28.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
29. 29.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
30. 30.🐢 You are speaking in a big hall that echoes. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
31. 31.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking to the back row? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
32. 32.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) changing your speed (b) sipping water before (c) finishing every word (d) trailing off at the end
33. 33.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) rushing through it (b) sipping water before (c) covering your mouth (d) trailing off at the end
34. 34.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
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 telling the thrilling chase in a story. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
37. 37.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) rushing through it (b) covering your mouth (c) changing your speed (d) mumbling
38. 38.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
39. 39.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False

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