Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 526 · 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.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) rushing through it (b) covering your mouth (c) keeping your chin up (d) trailing off at the end
3. 3.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) skip the hard parts (b) stop breathing (c) speed up even more (d) slow down on purpose
4. 4.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
5. 5.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
6. 6.🫁 Where should a strong speaking voice get its breath from? (a) only the throat (b) deep in the belly (c) holding the breath (d) the nose alone
7. 7.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
8. 8.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trailing off at the end (b) sipping water before (c) breathing from the belly (d) changing your speed
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing your speed (b) mumbling (c) keeping your chin up (d) sipping water before
11. 11.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: trailing off at the end? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing your speed (b) speaking to the back row (c) keeping your chin up (d) shouting every word
13. 13.🔊 You are talking to a friend in the school library. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
14. 14.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) trailing off at the end (c) finishing every word (d) keeping your chin up
15. 15.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: shouting every word? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
16. 16.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
17. 17.🔊 You are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
18. 18.⏱️ Which pace is about right for a clear school speech? (a) about 120–150 words/min (b) about 20 words/min (c) about 400 words/min
19. 19.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking into your notes? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
20. 20.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) speaking into your notes (b) mumbling (c) covering your mouth (d) changing your speed
22. 22.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
23. 23.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) sipping water before (c) breathing from the belly (d) changing your speed
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 asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
26. 26.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
28. 28.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) shouting every word (c) finishing every word (d) rushing through it
30. 30.True or false: when you are telling the thrilling chase in a story, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🐢 You are telling the thrilling chase in a story. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
36. 36.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: when you are describing the last seconds of a close race, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
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 reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) so the back row hears (b) in a whisper (c) only for the front row (d) as loud as a scream

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