Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 51 · 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.❓ 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
2. 2.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
10. 10.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
14. 14.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) say it faster
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
17. 17.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
22. 22.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) never at all
23. 23.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) fast or slow
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
29. 29.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
34. 34.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
36. 36.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
38. 38.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True

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