Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 454 · 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.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) trailing off (b) pausing (c) stressing (d) projecting
2. 2.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) shout angrily (b) whisper softly (c) speak very fast (d) speak to reach the back
3. 3.🐢 You are telling the thrilling chase in a story. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
4. 4.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: covering your mouth? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
7. 7.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
8. 8.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) trailing off at the end (c) covering your mouth (d) changing your speed
9. 9.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
10. 10.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) breathing from the belly (c) covering your mouth (d) changing your speed
11. 11.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) finishing every word (b) shouting every word (c) covering your mouth (d) trailing off at the end
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breathing from the belly (b) changing your speed (c) keeping your chin up (d) shouting every word
13. 13.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
14. 14.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
15. 15.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
16. 16.🫁 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
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing your speed (b) speaking into your notes (c) speaking to the back row (d) finishing every word
18. 18.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
20. 20.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🐢 You are reading out a phone number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
24. 24.🐢 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
25. 25.🔊 You are talking to a friend in the school library. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
26. 26.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) mumbling (c) speaking into your notes (d) breathing from the belly
27. 27.🔊 You are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
28. 28.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: mumbling? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
29. 29.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking into your notes? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
31. 31.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) changing your speed (b) rushing through it (c) breathing from the belly (d) keeping your chin up
32. 32.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
33. 33.True or false: when you are describing the last seconds of a close race, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: trailing off at the end? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
35. 35.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking to the back row? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
37. 37.🔊 You are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
38. 38.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: finishing every word? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
39. 39.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) speed up even more (b) slow down on purpose (c) skip the hard parts (d) stop breathing

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