Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 489 · 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.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
2. 2.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking into your notes? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing through it (b) breathing from the belly (c) speaking into your notes (d) mumbling
5. 5.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) pausing (b) stressing (c) trailing off (d) projecting
6. 6.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) mumbling (c) rushing through it (d) keeping your chin up
7. 7.🫁 Where should a strong speaking voice get its breath from? (a) holding the breath (b) deep in the belly (c) only the throat (d) the nose alone
8. 8.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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling (c) rushing through it (d) keeping your chin up
10. 10.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your chin up (b) sipping water before (c) finishing every word (d) mumbling
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breathing from the belly (b) speaking into your notes (c) finishing every word (d) changing your speed
14. 14.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
15. 15.🐢 You are reading out a phone number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
16. 16.True or false: when you are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) speaking into your notes (c) trailing off at the end (d) finishing every word
18. 18.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) shouting every word (c) trailing off at the end (d) rushing through it
19. 19.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
20. 20.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
21. 21.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing your speed (b) finishing every word (c) trailing off at the end (d) breathing from the belly
23. 23.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) finishing every word (b) trailing off at the end (c) sipping water before (d) speaking to the back row
25. 25.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: rushing through it? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
26. 26.🐢 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
27. 27.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: finishing every word? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
28. 28.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sipping water before (b) speaking to the back row (c) finishing every word (d) shouting every word
31. 31.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
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting every word (b) finishing every word (c) speaking into your notes (d) mumbling
33. 33.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: shouting every word? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
34. 34.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) speed up even more (b) stop breathing (c) slow down on purpose (d) skip the hard parts
35. 35.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
37. 37.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
38. 38.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) shout angrily (b) speak to reach the back (c) whisper softly (d) speak very fast
39. 39.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False

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