Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 511 · 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 honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
3. 3.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
7. 7.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) monotonous
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
13. 13.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
15. 15.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
18. 18.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
19. 19.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
22. 22.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
24. 24.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
30. 30.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
39. 39.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

Free public speaking lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/public-speaking-for-kids