Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 210 · 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.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
15. 15.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
17. 17.❓ 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
18. 18.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
24. 24.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) speak faster
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
26. 26.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) melodious
30. 30.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
34. 34.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.⏸️ 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
40. 40.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True

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