Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 507 · 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.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: rushing through it? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
2. 2.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
3. 3.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
4. 4.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
5. 5.🔊 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
6. 6.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: shouting every word? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
7. 7.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) rushing through it (c) shouting every word (d) mumbling
8. 8.🐢 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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breathing from the belly (b) speaking into your notes (c) finishing every word (d) sipping water before
10. 10.🐢 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
11. 11.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: sipping water before? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
12. 12.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your chin up (b) speaking to the back row (c) changing your speed (d) trailing off at the end
14. 14.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) trailing off at the end (c) speaking into your notes (d) speaking to the back row
15. 15.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
16. 16.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) trailing off at the end (c) finishing every word (d) covering your mouth
18. 18.⏱️ Which pace is about right for a clear school speech? (a) about 400 words/min (b) about 120–150 words/min (c) about 20 words/min
19. 19.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
20. 20.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) breathing from the belly (c) keeping your chin up (d) changing your speed
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.🐢 You are telling the thrilling chase in a story. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
23. 23.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) speaking to the back row (b) finishing every word (c) changing your speed (d) rushing through it
24. 24.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) changing your speed (b) mumbling (c) speaking into your notes (d) rushing through it
25. 25.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) trailing off (b) stressing (c) pausing (d) projecting
26. 26.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) breathing from the belly (c) keeping your chin up (d) shouting every word
27. 27.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) breathing from the belly (b) finishing every word (c) sipping water before (d) speaking into your notes
28. 28.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) keeping your chin up (c) mumbling (d) shouting every word
30. 30.🐇 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
31. 31.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🐢 You are reading out a phone number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
33. 33.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
34. 34.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔊 You are talking to a friend in the school library. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
36. 36.True or false: when you are showing how excited the crowd was at a match, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🐢 You are speaking in a big hall that echoes. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
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 giving an important date or number, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: trailing off at the end? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit

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