Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 892 · 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 to the back row? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
2. 2.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: when you are reading out a phone number, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🐢 You are giving an important date or number. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
5. 5.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
6. 6.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) shouting every word (b) speaking to the back row (c) keeping your chin up (d) sipping water before
7. 7.🐢 You are speaking in a big hall that echoes. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
8. 8.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
10. 10.🔊 You are speaking near a sleeping baby at home. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trailing off at the end (b) shouting every word (c) sipping water before (d) rushing through it
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping your chin up (b) changing your speed (c) finishing every word (d) speaking into your notes
13. 13.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: finishing every word? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
14. 14.🐢 You are reading out a phone number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
15. 15.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) rushing through it (c) shouting every word (d) trailing off at the end
16. 16.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔊 How loud should you speak in a classroom talk? (a) only for the front row (b) in a whisper (c) so the back row hears (d) as loud as a scream
18. 18.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) changing your speed (c) trailing off at the end (d) covering your mouth
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breathing from the belly (b) finishing every word (c) changing your speed (d) shouting every word
20. 20.True or false: when you are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: speaking into your notes? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
22. 22.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
23. 23.🫁 Where should a strong speaking voice get its breath from? (a) holding the breath (b) only the throat (c) the nose alone (d) deep in the belly
24. 24.True or false: when you are saying the main message of your speech, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: when you are speaking in a large hall with no microphone, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: sipping water before? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
27. 27.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
28. 28.🐢 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
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing through it (c) changing your speed (d) speaking into your notes
30. 30.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: mumbling? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
31. 31.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
32. 32.True or false: when you are telling the thrilling chase in a story, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔊 You are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
35. 35.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
36. 36.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.⏱️ Which pace is about right for a clear school speech? (a) about 400 words/min (b) about 120–150 words/min (c) about 20 words/min
38. 38.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking into your notes (b) keeping your chin up (c) trailing off at the end (d) mumbling
40. 40.True or false: when you are explaining a hard new idea, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True

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