Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 403 · 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.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: rushing through it? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
2. 2.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
4. 4.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
5. 5.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) sipping water before (c) changing your speed (d) finishing every word
6. 6.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) skip the hard parts (b) speed up even more (c) slow down on purpose (d) stop breathing
8. 8.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
9. 9.🔊 You are talking to a friend in the school library. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
10. 10.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
11. 11.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
12. 12.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: trailing off at the end? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
13. 13.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: finishing every word? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
14. 14.🐢 You are reading out a phone number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
15. 15.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: shouting every word? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
16. 16.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
17. 17.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.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
20. 20.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking into your notes? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
21. 21.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) speaking into your notes (b) keeping your chin up (c) mumbling (d) rushing through it
22. 22.🐢 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
23. 23.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
24. 24.🐢 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
25. 25.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) stressing (b) projecting (c) trailing off (d) pausing
26. 26.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🫁 Where should a strong speaking voice get its breath from? (a) the nose alone (b) holding the breath (c) deep in the belly (d) only the throat
28. 28.🔊 You are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
29. 29.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
32. 32.🐢 You are telling the thrilling chase in a story. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing through it (b) sipping water before (c) breathing from the belly (d) finishing every word
34. 34.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) covering your mouth (c) finishing every word (d) rushing through it
35. 35.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) sipping water before (c) speaking to the back row (d) keeping your chin up
37. 37.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
38. 38.🔊 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
39. 39.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) breathing from the belly (b) rushing through it (c) speaking to the back row (d) sipping water before

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