Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 561 · 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: breathing from the belly? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing through it (b) speaking into your notes (c) breathing from the belly (d) mumbling
3. 3.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
5. 5.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
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.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing your speed (b) sipping water before (c) shouting every word (d) finishing every word
11. 11.🐢 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
12. 12.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
13. 13.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: sipping water before? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
14. 14.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
15. 15.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: rushing through it? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
16. 16.True or false: when you are saying the main message of your speech, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trailing off at the end (b) speaking into your notes (c) sipping water before (d) mumbling
20. 20.🔊 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
21. 21.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) in a whisper (b) so the back row hears (c) as loud as a scream (d) only for the front row
22. 22.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) speaking to the back row (c) trailing off at the end (d) shouting every word
24. 24.🐢 You are saying the main message of your speech. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
25. 25.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: finishing every word? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
26. 26.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) mumbling (c) rushing through it (d) finishing every word
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 reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: when you are telling the thrilling chase in a story, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking to the back row? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
32. 32.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
34. 34.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting every word (b) mumbling (c) finishing every word (d) covering your mouth
36. 36.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: trailing off at the end? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
37. 37.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
38. 38.True or false: when you are showing how excited the crowd was at a match, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breathing from the belly (b) keeping your chin up (c) sipping water before (d) covering your mouth
40. 40.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: covering your mouth? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit

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