Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 189 · 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 cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
3. 3.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) melodious
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
7. 7.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
12. 12.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
14. 14.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) speak faster
16. 16.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
24. 24.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
26. 26.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.⏸️ 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
30. 30.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) say it faster
32. 32.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume

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