Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 614 · 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: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.⏸️ 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
4. 4.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
12. 12.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
16. 16.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
19. 19.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
23. 23.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
30. 30.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
33. 33.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
34. 34.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) expressive
37. 37.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
39. 39.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False

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