Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 657 · 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.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) fast or slow
2. 2.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
6. 6.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
7. 7.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
12. 12.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
13. 13.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
17. 17.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
20. 20.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
27. 27.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) energetic
31. 31.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
33. 33.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
36. 36.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
39. 39.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch

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