Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 212 · 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: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
4. 4.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) fast or slow
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
11. 11.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) after an important point
16. 16.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) mumble it
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
21. 21.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
24. 24.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
25. 25.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
32. 32.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
36. 36.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
38. 38.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle

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