Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 427 · 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 better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing through it (b) trailing off at the end (c) speaking into your notes (d) breathing from the belly
3. 3.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
4. 4.🐢 You are reading out a phone number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
5. 5.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking into your notes? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
6. 6.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
7. 7.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.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
9. 9.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
10. 10.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
11. 11.⏱️ 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
12. 12.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
13. 13.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing your speed (b) breathing from the belly (c) finishing every word (d) speaking into your notes
16. 16.🫁 Where should a strong speaking voice get its breath from? (a) deep in the belly (b) only the throat (c) the nose alone (d) holding the breath
17. 17.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
19. 19.True or false: when you are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
21. 21.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) trailing off (b) pausing (c) stressing (d) projecting
22. 22.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) covering your mouth (c) speaking into your notes (d) shouting every word
23. 23.🐢 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
24. 24.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
25. 25.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking to the back row? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
26. 26.🔊 You are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
27. 27.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) finishing every word (b) sipping water before (c) speaking into your notes (d) keeping your chin up
28. 28.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) breathing from the belly (b) finishing every word (c) sipping water before (d) rushing through it
30. 30.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
31. 31.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: sipping water before? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breathing from the belly (b) keeping your chin up (c) sipping water before (d) trailing off at the end
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) mumbling (c) shouting every word (d) finishing every word
34. 34.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
35. 35.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) breathing from the belly (c) rushing through it (d) shouting every word
36. 36.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) finishing every word (c) rushing through it (d) speaking into your notes
38. 38.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) speaking to the back row (c) rushing through it (d) shouting every word
39. 39.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sipping water before (b) finishing every word (c) keeping your chin up (d) rushing through it

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