Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 370 · 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.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) speed up even more (b) slow down on purpose (c) skip the hard parts (d) stop breathing
4. 4.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
5. 5.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
7. 7.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
8. 8.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) finishing every word (c) speaking into your notes (d) rushing through it
9. 9.🔊 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
10. 10.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
13. 13.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) changing your speed (c) speaking to the back row (d) keeping your chin up
14. 14.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
15. 15.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) pausing (b) trailing off (c) projecting (d) stressing
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.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, 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.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) shouting every word (c) rushing through it (d) changing your speed
20. 20.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: mumbling? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breathing from the belly (b) speaking to the back row (c) sipping water before (d) trailing off at the end
22. 22.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: when you are describing the last seconds of a close race, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🐢 You are telling the thrilling chase in a story. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
25. 25.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) breathing from the belly (b) sipping water before (c) mumbling (d) keeping your chin up
27. 27.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) changing your speed (b) speaking into your notes (c) breathing from the belly (d) finishing every word
28. 28.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
29. 29.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) speaking into your notes (c) mumbling (d) speaking to the back row
30. 30.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
33. 33.🔊 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
34. 34.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) mumbling (c) covering your mouth (d) sipping water before
36. 36.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) breathing from the belly (b) rushing through it (c) changing your speed (d) finishing every word
38. 38.True or false: when you are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sipping water before (b) changing your speed (c) speaking to the back row (d) speaking into your notes
40. 40.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: shouting every word? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit

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