Public Speaking Worksheet: Voice Volume and Pace

Public speaking lesson 2: Your voice: volume and pace · Set 903 · 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.True or false: when you are speaking to very young children, it is fine to speed up a little. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔊 You are announcing the team names on Sports Day. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
3. 3.True or false: when you are describing the last seconds of a close race, it is better to slow down. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) changing your speed (c) finishing every word (d) covering your mouth
5. 5.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: sipping water before? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
6. 6.🔊 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
7. 7.True or false: when you are talking to a friend in the school library, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔊 You are asking the librarian a question in the reading room. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak louder (b) speak softer
9. 9.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: keeping your chin up? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
10. 10.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: shouting every word? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
11. 11.🐢 You are explaining a hard new idea. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
12. 12.True or false: when you are speaking after the back row says they cannot hear you, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: breathing from the belly? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering your mouth (b) shouting every word (c) breathing from the belly (d) mumbling
15. 15.True or false: when you are talking to one person beside you in a quiet room, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.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
17. 17.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) speaking into your notes (b) breathing from the belly (c) rushing through it (d) mumbling
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.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak louder. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔊 You are speaking into a microphone held close to your mouth. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
21. 21.🐇 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
22. 22.True or false: when you are speaking near a sleeping baby at home, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: when you are addressing the whole school on the playground, you should speak more softly. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is an unhelpful voice habit? (a) keeping your chin up (b) finishing every word (c) rushing through it (d) speaking to the back row
26. 26.True or false: when you are speaking in a big hall that echoes, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🐢 You are reading out a phone number. What should you do with your pace? (a) slow down (b) speed up a little
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 explaining a hard new idea, it is better to slow down. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🐢 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
31. 31.True or false: when you are announcing the team names on Sports Day, you should speak more softly. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.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
33. 33.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) sipping water before (c) rushing through it (d) speaking into your notes
34. 34.🐢 You are speaking in a big hall that echoes. What should you do with your pace? (a) speed up a little (b) slow down
35. 35.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) trailing off at the end (b) mumbling (c) keeping your chin up (d) rushing through it
36. 36.True or false: when you are asking the librarian a question in the reading room, you should speak louder. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: trailing off at the end? (a) an unhelpful voice habit (b) a helpful voice habit
38. 38.🔊 You are speaking in a large hall with no microphone. What should you do with your volume? (a) speak softer (b) speak louder
39. 39.🗣️ Helpful or unhelpful voice habit: changing your speed? (a) a helpful voice habit (b) an unhelpful voice habit
40. 40.Which of these is a helpful voice habit? (a) mumbling (b) shouting every word (c) changing your speed (d) speaking into your notes

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