Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 166 · 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 telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
2. 2.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
9. 9.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
12. 12.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
14. 14.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
16. 16.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
17. 17.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
22. 22.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) after every word
23. 23.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
33. 33.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) mumble it
35. 35.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
38. 38.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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