Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 540 · 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: keeping your chin up? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
2. 2.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
4. 4.True or false: when you are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing through it (b) speaking into your notes (c) changing your speed (d) trailing off at the end
6. 6.🔊 You are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
7. 7.🐢 You are reading out a phone number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
8. 8.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
9. 9.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) stressing (b) projecting (c) trailing off (d) pausing
10. 10.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
11. 11.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: covering your mouth? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
12. 12.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
13. 13.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔊 You are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
15. 15.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking to the back row? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
18. 18.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) finishing every word (c) keeping your chin up (d) sipping water before
19. 19.🔊 You are talking to a friend in the school library. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
20. 20.🐢 You are telling the thrilling chase in a story. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
21. 21.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
22. 22.🐢 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
23. 23.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) speaking into your notes (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling (d) finishing every word
24. 24.🐢 You are showing how excited the crowd was at a match. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breathing from the belly (b) shouting every word (c) changing your speed (d) keeping your chin up
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mumbling (b) shouting every word (c) rushing through it (d) finishing every word
27. 27.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.⏱️ Which pace is about right for a clear school speech? (a) about 20 words/min (b) about 120–150 words/min (c) about 400 words/min
29. 29.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
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 describing the last seconds of a close race, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your chin up (b) shouting every word (c) speaking into your notes (d) rushing through it
33. 33.🐢 You are speaking in a big hall that echoes. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
34. 34.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: finishing every word? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
37. 37.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) breathing from the belly (c) mumbling (d) sipping water before
38. 38.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) only for the front row (b) in a whisper (c) so the back row hears (d) as loud as a scream
39. 39.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) trailing off at the end (c) speaking to the back row (d) speaking into your notes
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your chin up (b) covering your mouth (c) sipping water before (d) changing your speed

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