Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 215 · 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: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
5. 5.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
13. 13.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
19. 19.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
20. 20.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
23. 23.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
27. 27.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
28. 28.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
32. 32.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.⏸️ 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
37. 37.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
39. 39.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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