Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 416 · 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: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
7. 7.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
10. 10.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
13. 13.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
18. 18.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) skip it
19. 19.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
26. 26.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) energetic
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
33. 33.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
38. 38.🤐 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
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady

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