Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 627 · 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.🐢 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
2. 2.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sipping water before (b) covering your mouth (c) changing your speed (d) speaking to the back row
4. 4.🫁 Where should a strong speaking voice get its breath from? (a) only the throat (b) the nose alone (c) deep in the belly (d) holding the breath
5. 5.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: trailing off at the end? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
6. 6.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) whisper softly (b) shout angrily (c) speak very fast (d) speak to reach the back
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) shouting every word (c) sipping water before (d) rushing through it
8. 8.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
9. 9.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: covering your mouth? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
10. 10.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
11. 11.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) breathing from the belly (b) mumbling (c) speaking to the back row (d) sipping water before
12. 12.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
13. 13.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
16. 16.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking into your notes? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
18. 18.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) projecting (b) pausing (c) stressing (d) trailing off
19. 19.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) finishing every word (c) speaking into your notes (d) mumbling
20. 20.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) speaking into your notes (c) sipping water before (d) covering your mouth
22. 22.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) only for the front row (b) as loud as a scream (c) in a whisper (d) so the back row hears
23. 23.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
24. 24.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
26. 26.🐢 You are saying the main message of your speech. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
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.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: finishing every word? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
29. 29.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) shouting every word (c) keeping your chin up (d) rushing through it
31. 31.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) speed up even more (b) slow down on purpose (c) stop breathing (d) skip the hard parts
32. 32.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting every word (b) keeping your chin up (c) rushing through it (d) trailing off at the end
34. 34.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
35. 35.True or false: when you are describing the last seconds of a close race, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) speaking into your notes (c) covering your mouth (d) speaking to the back row
37. 37.True or false: when you are describing the last seconds of a close race, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: when you are speaking in a big hall that echoes, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔊 You are talking to a friend in the school library. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer

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