Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 364 · 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: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
4. 4.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
6. 6.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
21. 21.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) say it faster
24. 24.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
27. 27.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
29. 29.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) say “um” louder (d) speak faster
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
36. 36.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True

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