Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 737 · 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: covering your mouth? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
2. 2.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: sipping water before? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
4. 4.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
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.🔊 You are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
9. 9.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
10. 10.True or false: when you are showing how excited the crowd was at a match, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🫁 Where should a strong speaking voice get its breath from? (a) deep in the belly (b) only the throat (c) the nose alone (d) holding the breath
12. 12.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) speaking to the back row (c) mumbling (d) finishing every word
13. 13.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
14. 14.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) speak very fast (b) speak to reach the back (c) shout angrily (d) whisper softly
15. 15.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) skip the hard parts (b) stop breathing (c) speed up even more (d) slow down on purpose
16. 16.True or false: when you are telling the thrilling chase in a story, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) breathing from the belly (c) mumbling (d) speaking into your notes
18. 18.🔊 You are talking to a friend in the school library. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sipping water before (b) finishing every word (c) breathing from the belly (d) mumbling
20. 20.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
22. 22.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
23. 23.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) keeping your chin up (c) finishing every word (d) sipping water before
26. 26.🐢 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
27. 27.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) speaking to the back row (b) finishing every word (c) changing your speed (d) rushing through it
28. 28.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing every word (b) breathing from the belly (c) trailing off at the end (d) keeping your chin up
30. 30.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
31. 31.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) speaking into your notes (b) finishing every word (c) speaking to the back row (d) breathing from the belly
32. 32.True or false: when you are saying the main message of your speech, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.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
34. 34.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting every word (b) speaking into your notes (c) finishing every word (d) trailing off at the end
36. 36.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: when you are telling the thrilling chase in a story, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🐢 You are telling the thrilling chase in a story. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
40. 40.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) speaking into your notes (b) shouting every word (c) sipping water before (d) mumbling

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