Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 495 · 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: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
6. 6.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) answer it instantly (c) pause for a moment (d) walk off the stage
7. 7.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
11. 11.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) after every word
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
17. 17.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
20. 20.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
23. 23.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
30. 30.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
39. 39.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) monotonous (c) energetic (d) expressive
40. 40.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

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