Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 872 · 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: keeping your chin up? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering your mouth (b) changing your speed (c) mumbling (d) trailing off at the end
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mumbling (b) changing your speed (c) finishing every word (d) speaking to the back row
4. 4.🔊 You are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
5. 5.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) pausing (b) trailing off (c) projecting (d) stressing
6. 6.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) speak to reach the back (b) shout angrily (c) speak very fast (d) whisper softly
7. 7.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: trailing off at the end? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
8. 8.🐢 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
9. 9.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
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.True or false: when you are reading a notice outdoors on a windy day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔊 You are addressing the whole school on the playground. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
13. 13.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
15. 15.🔊 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
16. 16.True or false: when you are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breathing from the belly (b) trailing off at the end (c) keeping your chin up (d) speaking to the back row
18. 18.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) rushing through it (b) sipping water before (c) keeping your chin up (d) finishing every word
19. 19.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: shouting every word? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
21. 21.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) changing your speed (c) trailing off at the end (d) sipping water before
22. 22.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
23. 23.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🐢 You are speaking to very young children. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your chin up (b) speaking to the back row (c) covering your mouth (d) breathing from the belly
26. 26.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: finishing every word? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
27. 27.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
28. 28.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🐢 You are speaking in a big hall that echoes. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
31. 31.🔊 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
32. 32.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
33. 33.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) finishing every word (b) keeping your chin up (c) sipping water before (d) shouting every word
34. 34.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
35. 35.🐢 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
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing through it (b) keeping your chin up (c) shouting every word (d) covering your mouth
37. 37.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) covering your mouth (b) finishing every word (c) mumbling (d) rushing through it
38. 38.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: sipping water before? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering your mouth (b) trailing off at the end (c) mumbling (d) speaking to the back row
40. 40.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True

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