Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 75 · 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: rushing through it? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing through it (b) trailing off at the end (c) covering your mouth (d) keeping your chin up
3. 3.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking to the back row? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
4. 4.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
5. 5.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
8. 8.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
11. 11.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
12. 12.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trailing off at the end (b) mumbling (c) sipping water before (d) shouting every word
15. 15.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) as loud as a scream (b) in a whisper (c) so the back row hears (d) only for the front row
16. 16.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔊 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
18. 18.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) speaking to the back row (b) breathing from the belly (c) covering your mouth (d) finishing every word
19. 19.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: covering your mouth? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing every word (b) sipping water before (c) shouting every word (d) keeping your chin up
21. 21.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
23. 23.True or false: when you are saying the main message of your speech, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🐢 You are reading out a phone number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trailing off at the end (b) speaking to the back row (c) mumbling (d) covering your mouth
26. 26.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
27. 27.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: trailing off at the end? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
29. 29.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
30. 30.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: sipping water before? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
31. 31.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
33. 33.True or false: when you are describing the last seconds of a close race, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) changing your speed (b) breathing from the belly (c) shouting every word (d) speaking to the back row
35. 35.True or false: when you are showing how excited the crowd was at a match, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🐢 You are speaking in a big hall that echoes. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
38. 38.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
39. 39.🐢 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
40. 40.🫁 Where should a strong speaking voice get its breath from? (a) deep in the belly (b) only the throat (c) holding the breath (d) the nose alone

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