Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 644 · 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.🫁 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
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breathing from the belly (b) finishing every word (c) keeping your chin up (d) rushing through it
3. 3.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: mumbling? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
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.🐢 You are telling the thrilling chase in a story. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing through it (b) speaking into your notes (c) trailing off at the end (d) changing your speed
7. 7.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) changing your speed (c) finishing every word (d) breathing from the belly
8. 8.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
9. 9.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
12. 12.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
15. 15.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) speaking to the back row (c) rushing through it (d) mumbling
16. 16.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) changing your speed (c) finishing every word (d) sipping water before
18. 18.🐢 You are saying the main message of your speech. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
19. 19.True or false: when you are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔊 You are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
21. 21.True or false: when you are speaking in a big hall that echoes, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) changing your speed (c) shouting every word (d) trailing off at the end
23. 23.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
24. 24.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
25. 25.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
26. 26.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
27. 27.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) slow down on purpose (b) stop breathing (c) skip the hard parts (d) speed up even more
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering your mouth (b) trailing off at the end (c) keeping your chin up (d) rushing through it
30. 30.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) whisper softly (b) shout angrily (c) speak very fast (d) speak to reach the back
31. 31.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
33. 33.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: sipping water before? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
34. 34.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sipping water before (b) changing your speed (c) speaking to the back row (d) trailing off at the end
37. 37.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
38. 38.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) covering your mouth (c) shouting every word (d) breathing from the belly
39. 39.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
40. 40.🔊 You are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer

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