Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 339 · 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.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
5. 5.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
11. 11.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) never at all
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
13. 13.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
25. 25.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
27. 27.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
28. 28.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
35. 35.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
36. 36.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
39. 39.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
40. 40.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False

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