Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 258 · 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: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
5. 5.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
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.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
10. 10.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
17. 17.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) melodious (c) monotonous (d) energetic
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
19. 19.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
25. 25.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
27. 27.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
33. 33.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
34. 34.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
35. 35.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
38. 38.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
40. 40.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

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