Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 156 · 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 welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
3. 3.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) mumble it
4. 4.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
8. 8.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
13. 13.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
15. 15.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) monotonous
17. 17.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
18. 18.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
21. 21.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
24. 24.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
26. 26.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
28. 28.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
30. 30.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
33. 33.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
34. 34.⏸️ 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
35. 35.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
37. 37.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
39. 39.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

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