Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 778 · 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 asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
3. 3.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) speak very fast (b) whisper softly (c) shout angrily (d) speak to reach the back
4. 4.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) breathing from the belly (c) mumbling (d) trailing off at the end
6. 6.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) rushing through it (b) trailing off at the end (c) mumbling (d) changing your speed
7. 7.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
8. 8.🐢 You are saying the main message of your speech. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing your speed (b) sipping water before (c) breathing from the belly (d) covering your mouth
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing every word (b) breathing from the belly (c) changing your speed (d) mumbling
11. 11.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
12. 12.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) trailing off (b) stressing (c) projecting (d) pausing
13. 13.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking into your notes? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
14. 14.True or false: when you are saying the main message of your speech, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: rushing through it? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
16. 16.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
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting every word (b) covering your mouth (c) speaking to the back row (d) speaking into your notes
18. 18.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) rushing through it (c) mumbling (d) keeping your chin up
20. 20.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) shouting every word (c) speaking into your notes (d) mumbling
23. 23.🐢 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
24. 24.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sipping water before (b) finishing every word (c) keeping your chin up (d) rushing through it
26. 26.🐢 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
27. 27.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) sipping water before (c) speaking to the back row (d) changing your speed
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trailing off at the end (b) rushing through it (c) breathing from the belly (d) mumbling
29. 29.True or false: when you are describing the last seconds of a close race, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
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.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
34. 34.🔊 You are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
35. 35.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking to the back row? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
36. 36.🔊 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
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing your speed (b) breathing from the belly (c) finishing every word (d) shouting every word
38. 38.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
39. 39.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
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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