Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 257 · 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 calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
4. 4.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) long or short
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
13. 13.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
14. 14.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
21. 21.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
25. 25.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
35. 35.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
39. 39.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume

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