Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 389 · 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 tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
2. 2.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
6. 6.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) speak faster
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
12. 12.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
14. 14.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) melodious (c) monotonous (d) energetic
15. 15.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) skip it
16. 16.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
18. 18.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
20. 20.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
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: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
26. 26.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
30. 30.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
32. 32.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
34. 34.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
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 suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
39. 39.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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