Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 757 · 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.True or false: when you are describing the last seconds of a close race, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking into your notes? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
5. 5.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering your mouth (b) trailing off at the end (c) shouting every word (d) speaking to the back row
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing every word (b) covering your mouth (c) speaking to the back row (d) sipping water before
10. 10.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
11. 11.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
12. 12.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: covering your mouth? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
13. 13.🫁 Where should a strong speaking voice get its breath from? (a) holding the breath (b) deep in the belly (c) the nose alone (d) only the throat
14. 14.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) only for the front row (b) so the back row hears (c) as loud as a scream (d) in a whisper
15. 15.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking to the back row? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
17. 17.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
18. 18.🔊 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
19. 19.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: rushing through it? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
20. 20.🐢 You are speaking in a big hall that echoes. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
21. 21.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) trailing off (b) projecting (c) stressing (d) pausing
22. 22.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
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sipping water before (b) speaking into your notes (c) rushing through it (d) mumbling
24. 24.True or false: when you are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) rushing through it (b) speaking into your notes (c) trailing off at the end (d) breathing from the belly
26. 26.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) covering your mouth (c) finishing every word (d) rushing through it
27. 27.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) finishing every word (b) speaking to the back row (c) trailing off at the end (d) sipping water before
29. 29.True or false: when you are saying the main message of your speech, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
31. 31.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
33. 33.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
34. 34.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) sipping water before (c) covering your mouth (d) finishing every word
35. 35.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) rushing through it (b) breathing from the belly (c) sipping water before (d) speaking to the back row
36. 36.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) trailing off at the end (c) rushing through it (d) sipping water before
37. 37.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) whisper softly (b) shout angrily (c) speak to reach the back (d) speak very fast
39. 39.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
40. 40.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False

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