Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 4 · 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 addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) skip the hard parts (b) speed up even more (c) stop breathing (d) slow down on purpose
3. 3.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
4. 4.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
5. 5.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking to the back row (b) trailing off at the end (c) shouting every word (d) speaking into your notes
7. 7.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
8. 8.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
9. 9.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) pausing (b) stressing (c) trailing off (d) projecting
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking to the back row (b) shouting every word (c) finishing every word (d) sipping water before
11. 11.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
13. 13.🐢 You are saying the main message of your speech. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
14. 14.True or false: when you are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing every word (b) speaking into your notes (c) speaking to the back row (d) changing your speed
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing every word (b) shouting every word (c) mumbling (d) covering your mouth
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sipping water before (b) keeping your chin up (c) changing your speed (d) trailing off at the end
18. 18.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking to the back row? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
19. 19.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
21. 21.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) speaking to the back row (b) sipping water before (c) covering your mouth (d) keeping your chin up
22. 22.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
23. 23.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔊 You are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing your speed (b) rushing through it (c) finishing every word (d) breathing from the belly
27. 27.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) covering your mouth (c) trailing off at the end (d) breathing from the belly
28. 28.🐢 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
29. 29.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing through it (c) speaking into your notes (d) changing your speed
31. 31.True or false: when you are showing how excited the crowd was at a match, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing through it (c) speaking into your notes (d) sipping water before
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.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) finishing every word (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling
37. 37.True or false: when you are describing the last seconds of a close race, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: when you are speaking in a big hall that echoes, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) speaking to the back row (c) speaking into your notes (d) keeping your chin up
40. 40.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: mumbling? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit

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