Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 588 · 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: shouting every word? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
2. 2.🐢 You are saying the main message of your speech. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
3. 3.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
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.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
6. 6.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) speaking to the back row (c) covering your mouth (d) speaking into your notes
7. 7.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) mumbling (c) changing your speed (d) speaking into your notes
8. 8.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) trailing off (b) pausing (c) projecting (d) stressing
9. 9.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
10. 10.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔊 You are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing every word (b) speaking to the back row (c) sipping water before (d) mumbling
13. 13.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
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.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) sipping water before (c) trailing off at the end (d) changing your speed
16. 16.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) speak to reach the back (b) shout angrily (c) speak very fast (d) whisper softly
17. 17.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) shouting every word (c) speaking into your notes (d) trailing off at the end
18. 18.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
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.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing every word (b) breathing from the belly (c) speaking into your notes (d) speaking to the back row
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breathing from the belly (b) keeping your chin up (c) sipping water before (d) shouting every word
23. 23.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking to the back row? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
25. 25.True or false: when you are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trailing off at the end (b) sipping water before (c) finishing every word (d) breathing from the belly
27. 27.🫁 Where should a strong speaking voice get its breath from? (a) the nose alone (b) holding the breath (c) only the throat (d) deep in the belly
28. 28.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) rushing through it (b) sipping water before (c) breathing from the belly (d) finishing every word
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.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) changing your speed (b) covering your mouth (c) finishing every word (d) keeping your chin up
31. 31.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your chin up (b) finishing every word (c) rushing through it (d) breathing from the belly
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mumbling (b) rushing through it (c) trailing off at the end (d) finishing every word
35. 35.🐢 You are reading out a phone number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
36. 36.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
37. 37.🐢 You are showing how excited the crowd was at a match. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
38. 38.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) finishing every word (b) shouting every word (c) keeping your chin up (d) sipping water before
39. 39.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) speaking into your notes (b) speaking to the back row (c) changing your speed (d) breathing from the belly
40. 40.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True

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