Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 537 · 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: sipping water before? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
2. 2.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) shouting every word (c) keeping your chin up (d) speaking into your notes
3. 3.🐢 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
4. 4.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
5. 5.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) speaking to the back row (b) shouting every word (c) mumbling (d) covering your mouth
6. 6.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) speaking into your notes (b) keeping your chin up (c) speaking to the back row (d) changing your speed
7. 7.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: covering your mouth? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
8. 8.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) keeping your chin up (c) sipping water before (d) speaking to the back row
9. 9.True or false: when you are speaking in a big hall that echoes, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking to the back row (b) keeping your chin up (c) sipping water before (d) covering your mouth
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sipping water before (b) mumbling (c) changing your speed (d) keeping your chin up
12. 12.🫁 Where should a strong speaking voice get its breath from? (a) only the throat (b) holding the breath (c) the nose alone (d) deep in the belly
13. 13.True or false: when you are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breathing from the belly (b) shouting every word (c) finishing every word (d) sipping water before
15. 15.True or false: when you are saying the main message of your speech, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing every word (b) changing your speed (c) sipping water before (d) speaking into your notes
17. 17.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
19. 19.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
20. 20.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) as loud as a scream (b) only for the front row (c) in a whisper (d) so the back row hears
21. 21.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) breathing from the belly (b) rushing through it (c) finishing every word (d) sipping water before
22. 22.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) stressing (b) projecting (c) pausing (d) trailing off
24. 24.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: rushing through it? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
25. 25.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: when you are saying the main message of your speech, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: when you are describing the last seconds of a close race, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🐢 You are speaking in a big hall that echoes. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
29. 29.True or false: when you are showing how excited the crowd was at a match, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
31. 31.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
32. 32.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) speaking into your notes (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling (d) finishing every word
33. 33.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing every word (b) keeping your chin up (c) rushing through it (d) changing your speed
35. 35.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
36. 36.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
37. 37.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) shout angrily (b) whisper softly (c) speak very fast (d) speak to reach the back
38. 38.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking to the back row? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit

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