Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 575 · 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 tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
2. 2.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
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: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
10. 10.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
14. 14.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
16. 16.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
20. 20.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.⏸️ 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
24. 24.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
25. 25.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
28. 28.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
30. 30.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.⏸️ 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
32. 32.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) expressive
39. 39.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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