Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 863 · 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) finishing every word (b) speaking to the back row (c) sipping water before (d) covering your mouth
2. 2.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) mumbling (c) rushing through it (d) finishing every word
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing every word (b) mumbling (c) breathing from the belly (d) keeping your chin up
4. 4.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: when you are showing how excited the crowd was at a match, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: when you are telling the thrilling chase in a story, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🐢 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
8. 8.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) stop breathing (b) skip the hard parts (c) slow down on purpose (d) speed up even more
9. 9.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) changing your speed (c) rushing through it (d) speaking into your notes
10. 10.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering your mouth (b) speaking into your notes (c) keeping your chin up (d) shouting every word
12. 12.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
14. 14.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
15. 15.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
17. 17.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: covering your mouth? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
18. 18.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) trailing off at the end (c) speaking into your notes (d) sipping water before
19. 19.🫁 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
20. 20.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) sipping water before (b) rushing through it (c) breathing from the belly (d) keeping your chin up
22. 22.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
23. 23.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) trailing off at the end (c) breathing from the belly (d) rushing through it
24. 24.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.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
26. 26.🔊 You are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
27. 27.🔊 You are talking to a friend in the school library. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
28. 28.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
29. 29.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) sipping water before (c) rushing through it (d) trailing off at the end
31. 31.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: sipping water before? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
32. 32.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) trailing off at the end (c) rushing through it (d) keeping your chin up
34. 34.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) stressing (b) pausing (c) trailing off (d) projecting
35. 35.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) breathing from the belly (b) changing your speed (c) shouting every word (d) finishing every word
36. 36.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) whisper softly (b) speak to reach the back (c) speak very fast (d) shout angrily
38. 38.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: shouting every word? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
39. 39.🔊 You are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
40. 40.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False

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