Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 243 · 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: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
6. 6.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
10. 10.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
12. 12.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
15. 15.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
21. 21.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
24. 24.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
25. 25.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
26. 26.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
29. 29.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
31. 31.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
34. 34.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
37. 37.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
38. 38.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively

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