Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 503 · 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.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
2. 2.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
8. 8.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
12. 12.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) skip it
13. 13.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
17. 17.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
21. 21.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) monotonous
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
23. 23.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
26. 26.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
28. 28.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
34. 34.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
38. 38.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
40. 40.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

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