Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 558 · 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 announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breathing from the belly (b) rushing through it (c) speaking into your notes (d) covering your mouth
3. 3.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
4. 4.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🐢 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
6. 6.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
8. 8.⏱️ 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
9. 9.🔊 You are talking to a friend in the school library. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
10. 10.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) speaking into your notes (b) sipping water before (c) mumbling (d) rushing through it
11. 11.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
12. 12.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
13. 13.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: rushing through it? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
14. 14.🔊 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
15. 15.🐢 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
16. 16.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) projecting (b) pausing (c) stressing (d) trailing off
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your chin up (b) shouting every word (c) finishing every word (d) sipping water before
18. 18.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: sipping water before? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
19. 19.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
20. 20.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
22. 22.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
23. 23.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) stop breathing (b) slow down on purpose (c) skip the hard parts (d) speed up even more
24. 24.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
25. 25.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
26. 26.🫁 Where should a strong speaking voice get its breath from? (a) deep in the belly (b) the nose alone (c) holding the breath (d) only the throat
27. 27.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
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sipping water before (b) speaking into your notes (c) finishing every word (d) breathing from the belly
29. 29.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) as loud as a scream (b) in a whisper (c) only for the front row (d) so the back row hears
31. 31.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) breathing from the belly (b) sipping water before (c) trailing off at the end (d) keeping your chin up
32. 32.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing every word (b) sipping water before (c) speaking to the back row (d) rushing through it
35. 35.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) speak very fast (b) whisper softly (c) shout angrily (d) speak to reach the back
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your chin up (b) trailing off at the end (c) breathing from the belly (d) changing your speed
37. 37.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: mumbling? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
38. 38.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
39. 39.🐢 You are telling the thrilling chase in a story. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting every word (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling (d) sipping water before

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