Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 465 · 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) finishing every word (b) keeping your chin up (c) speaking to the back row (d) speaking into your notes
2. 2.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) shouting every word (c) trailing off at the end (d) breathing from the belly
3. 3.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🐢 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
5. 5.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🐢 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
7. 7.🔊 You are talking to a friend in the school library. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
8. 8.🔊 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
9. 9.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
11. 11.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) sipping water before (c) keeping your chin up (d) speaking to the back row
12. 12.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) speaking to the back row (b) sipping water before (c) finishing every word (d) rushing through it
13. 13.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) speaking into your notes (c) mumbling (d) changing your speed
14. 14.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) as loud as a scream (b) in a whisper (c) so the back row hears (d) only for the front row
15. 15.🔊 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
16. 16.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
17. 17.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: when you are describing the last seconds of a close race, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
23. 23.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) speed up even more (b) skip the hard parts (c) slow down on purpose (d) stop breathing
24. 24.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
25. 25.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling (c) shouting every word (d) finishing every word
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking to the back row (b) rushing through it (c) speaking into your notes (d) shouting every word
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your chin up (b) shouting every word (c) speaking to the back row (d) finishing every word
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing every word (b) speaking to the back row (c) mumbling (d) keeping your chin up
29. 29.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: when you are speaking in a big hall that echoes, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) stressing (b) pausing (c) projecting (d) trailing off
32. 32.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
34. 34.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) keeping your chin up (c) speaking into your notes (d) covering your mouth
36. 36.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
37. 37.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
38. 38.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) finishing every word (c) breathing from the belly (d) changing your speed
39. 39.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) speaking to the back row (c) shouting every word (d) changing your speed
40. 40.🐢 You are saying the main message of your speech. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down

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