Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 875 · 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: changing your speed? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
2. 2.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: when you are giving an important date or number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔉 Your voice fades away at the end of every sentence. What is this called? (a) projecting (b) stressing (c) pausing (d) trailing off
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking to the back row (b) covering your mouth (c) sipping water before (d) finishing every word
6. 6.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking into your notes? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trailing off at the end (b) sipping water before (c) breathing from the belly (d) keeping your chin up
8. 8.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) speaking into your notes (b) shouting every word (c) finishing every word (d) trailing off at the end
9. 9.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: when you are saying the main message of your speech, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) rushing through it (b) breathing from the belly (c) mumbling (d) shouting every word
12. 12.True or false: when you are speaking in a big hall that echoes, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.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
14. 14.🐢 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
15. 15.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
16. 16.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) in a whisper (b) so the back row hears (c) only for the front row (d) as loud as a scream
17. 17.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
18. 18.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting every word (b) trailing off at the end (c) keeping your chin up (d) mumbling
21. 21.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
22. 22.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
23. 23.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: sipping water before? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
24. 24.🔊 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
25. 25.🐢 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
26. 26.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting every word (b) rushing through it (c) mumbling (d) changing your speed
29. 29.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) rushing through it (b) sipping water before (c) speaking to the back row (d) breathing from the belly
30. 30.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📢 What does it mean to project your voice? (a) whisper softly (b) speak very fast (c) speak to reach the back (d) shout angrily
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting every word (b) speaking into your notes (c) covering your mouth (d) sipping water before
33. 33.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) breathing from the belly (b) trailing off at the end (c) sipping water before (d) changing your speed
34. 34.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
36. 36.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) changing your speed (b) breathing from the belly (c) speaking to the back row (d) mumbling
37. 37.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) speaking into your notes (b) sipping water before (c) breathing from the belly (d) keeping your chin up
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.🐇 Nervous speakers often talk too fast. What helps? (a) slow down on purpose (b) speed up even more (c) stop breathing (d) skip the hard parts

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