Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 370 · 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 announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
2. 2.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
5. 5.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
14. 14.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
16. 16.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) fast or slow
17. 17.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
30. 30.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
32. 32.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
34. 34.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
37. 37.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
39. 39.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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