Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 536 · 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: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
4. 4.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
11. 11.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
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: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.❓ 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
22. 22.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.⏸️ 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
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
29. 29.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
37. 37.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) confuses everyone
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
40. 40.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

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