Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 720 · 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: changing your speed? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
2. 2.True or false: when you are telling the thrilling chase in a story, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) finishing every word (b) mumbling (c) shouting every word (d) covering your mouth
4. 4.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
5. 5.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) trailing off at the end (c) covering your mouth (d) speaking into your notes
6. 6.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
7. 7.🐢 You are describing the last seconds of a close race. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
8. 8.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking to the back row? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
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.🐢 You are reading out a phone number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
11. 11.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) speak very fast (b) whisper softly (c) shout angrily (d) speak to reach the back
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sipping water before (b) speaking to the back row (c) mumbling (d) finishing every word
13. 13.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) rushing through it (b) speaking into your notes (c) covering your mouth (d) breathing from the belly
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mumbling (b) trailing off at the end (c) keeping your chin up (d) shouting every word
15. 15.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) speed up even more (b) skip the hard parts (c) stop breathing (d) slow down on purpose
16. 16.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
18. 18.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: finishing every word? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
20. 20.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: rushing through it? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
21. 21.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking to the back row (b) trailing off at the end (c) speaking into your notes (d) covering your mouth
23. 23.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) breathing from the belly (b) changing your speed (c) sipping water before (d) trailing off at the end
24. 24.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: sipping water before? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) breathing from the belly (c) trailing off at the end (d) covering your mouth
27. 27.🔊 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
28. 28.🔊 You are talking to a friend in the school library. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
29. 29.🐢 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
30. 30.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
31. 31.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) breathing from the belly (c) changing your speed (d) rushing through it
32. 32.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) changing your speed (b) mumbling (c) speaking to the back row (d) keeping your chin up
34. 34.🐢 You are telling the thrilling chase in a story. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
35. 35.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking to the back row (b) breathing from the belly (c) speaking into your notes (d) keeping your chin up
38. 38.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.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
40. 40.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True

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