Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 521 · 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) mumble it (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
2. 2.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
4. 4.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) speak faster
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
7. 7.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
12. 12.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
15. 15.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) energetic
18. 18.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
20. 20.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
22. 22.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word

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