Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 134 · 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: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) after an important point
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
12. 12.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
16. 16.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
21. 21.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
23. 23.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) expressive
26. 26.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
29. 29.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
32. 32.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
34. 34.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
40. 40.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

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