Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 458 · 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.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) stop breathing (b) speed up even more (c) slow down on purpose (d) skip the hard parts
2. 2.🔊 You are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
3. 3.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) trailing off at the end (c) mumbling (d) covering your mouth
4. 4.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
5. 5.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: covering your mouth? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
6. 6.⏱️ Which pace is about right for a clear school speech? (a) about 20 words/min (b) about 400 words/min (c) about 120–150 words/min
7. 7.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
8. 8.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) speaking to the back row (c) changing your speed (d) mumbling
9. 9.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking into your notes? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
11. 11.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
13. 13.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking to the back row (b) speaking into your notes (c) keeping your chin up (d) breathing from the belly
15. 15.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) as loud as a scream (b) only for the front row (c) so the back row hears (d) in a whisper
16. 16.🔊 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
17. 17.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🐢 You are telling the thrilling chase in a story. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
19. 19.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: mumbling? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
20. 20.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: trailing off at the end? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
21. 21.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing through it (b) keeping your chin up (c) finishing every word (d) sipping water before
23. 23.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) shout angrily (b) speak very fast (c) whisper softly (d) speak to reach the back
24. 24.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) stressing (b) pausing (c) projecting (d) trailing off
25. 25.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trailing off at the end (b) breathing from the belly (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling
30. 30.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.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
32. 32.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) shouting every word (c) speaking to the back row (d) sipping water before
35. 35.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
36. 36.🐢 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
37. 37.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering your mouth (b) trailing off at the end (c) shouting every word (d) changing your speed
40. 40.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False

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