Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 867 · 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: speaking into your notes? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
2. 2.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
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.🐢 You are telling the thrilling chase in a story. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
5. 5.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) keeping your chin up (c) changing your speed (d) speaking to the back row
6. 6.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) sipping water before (c) shouting every word (d) covering your mouth
7. 7.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: finishing every word? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
8. 8.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) skip the hard parts (b) speed up even more (c) stop breathing (d) slow down on purpose
9. 9.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) only for the front row (b) as loud as a scream (c) so the back row hears (d) in a whisper
10. 10.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) covering your mouth (c) sipping water before (d) breathing from the belly
11. 11.🐢 You are showing how excited the crowd was at a match. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
12. 12.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) whisper softly (b) speak to reach the back (c) speak very fast (d) shout angrily
13. 13.🔊 You are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing your speed (b) finishing every word (c) covering your mouth (d) sipping water before
15. 15.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking to the back row? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
16. 16.🔊 You are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
17. 17.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: covering your mouth? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
18. 18.True or false: when you are telling the thrilling chase in a story, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.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
20. 20.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) shouting every word (c) keeping your chin up (d) mumbling
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) changing your speed (c) keeping your chin up (d) breathing from the belly
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.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing through it (b) covering your mouth (c) speaking to the back row (d) mumbling
25. 25.⏱️ Which pace is about right for a clear school speech? (a) about 120–150 words/min (b) about 400 words/min (c) about 20 words/min
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting every word (b) finishing every word (c) sipping water before (d) breathing from the belly
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing through it (b) trailing off at the end (c) shouting every word (d) sipping water before
28. 28.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
29. 29.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) rushing through it (c) shouting every word (d) speaking to the back row
31. 31.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: trailing off at the end? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
33. 33.🔊 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
34. 34.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: shouting every word? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
35. 35.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
37. 37.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing through it (b) keeping your chin up (c) speaking to the back row (d) breathing from the belly
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trailing off at the end (b) breathing from the belly (c) covering your mouth (d) shouting every word
40. 40.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit

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