Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 636 · 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: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
5. 5.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
10. 10.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) never at all
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
15. 15.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
17. 17.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
22. 22.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
23. 23.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
29. 29.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
36. 36.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
37. 37.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
40. 40.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False

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