Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 457 · 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.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
2. 2.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
11. 11.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
13. 13.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
21. 21.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
23. 23.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
24. 24.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
25. 25.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
27. 27.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
31. 31.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
39. 39.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) walk off the stage
40. 40.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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