Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 591 · 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.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) breathing from the belly (c) covering your mouth (d) finishing every word
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing every word (b) changing your speed (c) breathing from the belly (d) covering your mouth
3. 3.🔊 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
4. 4.🐢 You are reading out a phone number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
5. 5.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) rushing through it (c) covering your mouth (d) finishing every word
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.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) finishing every word (b) shouting every word (c) sipping water before (d) speaking to the back row
8. 8.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: finishing every word? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
9. 9.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.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
11. 11.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) stop breathing (b) slow down on purpose (c) speed up even more (d) skip the hard parts
12. 12.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
13. 13.🔊 You are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
14. 14.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) mumbling (c) changing your speed (d) sipping water before
15. 15.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking into your notes? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
16. 16.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
17. 17.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
19. 19.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
20. 20.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) speaking to the back row (b) covering your mouth (c) shouting every word (d) trailing off at the end
21. 21.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
22. 22.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) trailing off at the end (c) breathing from the belly (d) sipping water before
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing through it (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling (d) changing your speed
24. 24.🐢 You are speaking in a big hall that echoes. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
25. 25.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: rushing through it? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
26. 26.🔊 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
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) speaking to the back row (c) shouting every word (d) rushing through it
28. 28.🐢 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
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.🐢 You are saying the main message of your speech. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
31. 31.⏱️ Which pace is about right for a clear school speech? (a) about 20 words/min (b) about 400 words/min (c) about 120–150 words/min
32. 32.🐢 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
33. 33.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking to the back row? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
34. 34.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) changing your speed (c) speaking into your notes (d) speaking to the back row
35. 35.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
36. 36.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) rushing through it (b) finishing every word (c) changing your speed (d) sipping water before
37. 37.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
38. 38.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) shouting every word (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling
39. 39.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit

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