Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 750 · 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.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) keeping your chin up (c) finishing every word (d) speaking to the back row
2. 2.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: sipping water before? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
3. 3.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
4. 4.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) changing your speed (b) mumbling (c) speaking into your notes (d) shouting every word
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting every word (b) finishing every word (c) speaking into your notes (d) mumbling
6. 6.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
7. 7.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: when you are telling the thrilling chase in a story, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mumbling (b) covering your mouth (c) sipping water before (d) trailing off at the end
10. 10.🔊 You are talking to a friend in the school library. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your chin up (b) speaking to the back row (c) breathing from the belly (d) covering your mouth
12. 12.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
14. 14.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sipping water before (b) breathing from the belly (c) keeping your chin up (d) mumbling
16. 16.True or false: when you are showing how excited the crowd was at a match, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) speaking to the back row (b) changing your speed (c) shouting every word (d) keeping your chin up
18. 18.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
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mumbling (b) shouting every word (c) trailing off at the end (d) keeping your chin up
20. 20.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.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
22. 22.🐢 You are describing the last seconds of a close race. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
23. 23.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) speaking into your notes (c) breathing from the belly (d) rushing through it
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 is the odd one out? (a) speaking to the back row (b) sipping water before (c) speaking into your notes (d) keeping your chin up
26. 26.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
27. 27.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
28. 28.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) covering your mouth (c) trailing off at the end (d) speaking to the back row
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering your mouth (b) changing your speed (c) rushing through it (d) speaking into your notes
31. 31.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
33. 33.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting every word (b) breathing from the belly (c) speaking to the back row (d) changing your speed
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering your mouth (b) speaking into your notes (c) breathing from the belly (d) trailing off at the end
36. 36.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) mumbling (c) changing your speed (d) breathing from the belly
37. 37.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) pausing (b) projecting (c) trailing off (d) stressing
38. 38.🐢 You are saying the main message of your speech. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
39. 39.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) speed up even more (b) slow down on purpose (c) skip the hard parts (d) stop breathing
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing your speed (b) keeping your chin up (c) sipping water before (d) rushing through it

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