Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 533 · 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 speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
2. 2.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: trailing off at the end? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
3. 3.🐢 You are reading out a phone number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
4. 4.🔊 You are talking to a friend in the school library. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
5. 5.🐢 You are telling the thrilling chase in a story. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
6. 6.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: rushing through it? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
7. 7.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing through it (c) sipping water before (d) mumbling
8. 8.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) speaking into your notes (c) changing your speed (d) speaking to the back row
9. 9.True or false: when you are describing the last seconds of a close race, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing through it (b) changing your speed (c) mumbling (d) speaking into your notes
13. 13.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking into your notes? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
14. 14.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) shouting every word (c) rushing through it (d) trailing off at the end
15. 15.True or false: when you are saying the main message of your speech, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
17. 17.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) speaking to the back row (b) breathing from the belly (c) sipping water before (d) trailing off at the end
18. 18.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
20. 20.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) finishing every word (b) shouting every word (c) changing your speed (d) keeping your chin up
21. 21.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) breathing from the belly (c) mumbling (d) changing your speed
23. 23.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting every word (b) mumbling (c) rushing through it (d) sipping water before
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing your speed (b) speaking into your notes (c) finishing every word (d) keeping your chin up
26. 26.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) speaking into your notes (b) trailing off at the end (c) mumbling (d) changing your speed
27. 27.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing through it (b) shouting every word (c) speaking to the back row (d) mumbling
29. 29.🔊 You are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
30. 30.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🐢 You are speaking in a big hall that echoes. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
33. 33.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) projecting (b) pausing (c) trailing off (d) stressing
34. 34.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
35. 35.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: when you are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing through it (c) breathing from the belly (d) shouting every word
38. 38.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
39. 39.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
40. 40.True or false: when you are showing how excited the crowd was at a match, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False

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