Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 146 · 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.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) never at all
2. 2.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
6. 6.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
7. 7.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
10. 10.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
16. 16.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
24. 24.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
25. 25.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
27. 27.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
29. 29.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
31. 31.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
38. 38.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
40. 40.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

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