Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 443 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) keeping your chin up (b) covering your mouth (c) shouting every word (d) rushing through it
2. 2.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
3. 3.🐢 You are saying the main message of your speech. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
4. 4.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing your speed (b) finishing every word (c) mumbling (d) breathing from the belly
6. 6.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) finishing every word (c) trailing off at the end (d) changing your speed
8. 8.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
10. 10.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking to the back row? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
11. 11.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) trailing off at the end (c) covering your mouth (d) changing your speed
12. 12.⏱️ 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
13. 13.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.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
15. 15.🫁 Where should a strong speaking voice get its breath from? (a) deep in the belly (b) holding the breath (c) the nose alone (d) only the throat
16. 16.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) stop breathing (b) slow down on purpose (c) speed up even more (d) skip the hard parts
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your chin up (b) rushing through it (c) changing your speed (d) sipping water before
18. 18.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) projecting (b) pausing (c) trailing off (d) stressing
19. 19.🐢 You are showing how excited the crowd was at a match. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
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.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: sipping water before? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
22. 22.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔊 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
24. 24.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) speaking into your notes (b) covering your mouth (c) breathing from the belly (d) shouting every word
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) rushing through it (c) changing your speed (d) shouting every word
26. 26.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
27. 27.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) speaking into your notes (b) finishing every word (c) trailing off at the end (d) mumbling
28. 28.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
29. 29.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
30. 30.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) whisper softly (b) speak very fast (c) speak to reach the back (d) shout angrily
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) changing your speed (c) speaking to the back row (d) keeping your chin up
32. 32.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) changing your speed (b) keeping your chin up (c) mumbling (d) sipping water before
33. 33.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering your mouth (b) sipping water before (c) shouting every word (d) mumbling
37. 37.🐢 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
38. 38.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) speaking to the back row (b) breathing from the belly (c) shouting every word (d) sipping water before
40. 40.True or false: when you are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True

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