Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

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

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