Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 120 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Pause, then rise and fall): Four voice tools: volume (loud or soft), pace (fast or slow), pitch (high or low) and the pause (a short silence). Pause after a key point, after asking the audience a question and before a big reveal. Replace “um” with a silent pause. Match the mood: cheerful and lively, calm and gentle, or serious and steady. Stress a key word a little to make it stand out.

1. 1.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
3. 3.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
7. 7.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
8. 8.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
12. 12.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
17. 17.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
22. 22.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
27. 27.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
29. 29.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
31. 31.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
33. 33.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
36. 36.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) expressive
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
40. 40.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True

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