Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 431 · 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: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
3. 3.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
14. 14.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
16. 16.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) energetic
17. 17.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
26. 26.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
27. 27.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after every word (d) after an important point
28. 28.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
31. 31.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
35. 35.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
38. 38.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
40. 40.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False

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