Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 397 · 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) shouting every word (b) trailing off at the end (c) keeping your chin up (d) rushing through it
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mumbling (b) rushing through it (c) speaking into your notes (d) sipping water before
3. 3.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
4. 4.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🐢 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
6. 6.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
8. 8.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: when you are saying the main message of your speech, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
11. 11.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔊 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
13. 13.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
14. 14.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) finishing every word (b) breathing from the belly (c) speaking to the back row (d) trailing off at the end
15. 15.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
18. 18.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.⏱️ Which pace is about right for a clear school speech? (a) about 20 words/min (b) about 120–150 words/min (c) about 400 words/min
20. 20.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sipping water before (b) mumbling (c) changing your speed (d) keeping your chin up
22. 22.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mumbling (b) speaking into your notes (c) covering your mouth (d) breathing from the belly
24. 24.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) changing your speed (b) covering your mouth (c) trailing off at the end (d) shouting every word
25. 25.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) as loud as a scream (b) in a whisper (c) so the back row hears (d) only for the front row
27. 27.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) changing your speed (c) speaking into your notes (d) finishing every word
29. 29.🐢 You are saying the main message of your speech. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
30. 30.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
31. 31.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking to the back row? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
33. 33.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: mumbling? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing every word (b) breathing from the belly (c) sipping water before (d) speaking into your notes
35. 35.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) stop breathing (b) skip the hard parts (c) slow down on purpose (d) speed up even more
36. 36.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: when you are telling the thrilling chase in a story, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) changing your speed (b) mumbling (c) keeping your chin up (d) sipping water before
39. 39.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) shouting every word (c) rushing through it (d) breathing from the belly
40. 40.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False

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