Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 42 · 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 fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.⏸️ 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
7. 7.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) energetic
10. 10.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
11. 11.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) skip it
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
13. 13.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
18. 18.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
20. 20.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
23. 23.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
26. 26.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
29. 29.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
32. 32.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
39. 39.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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