Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 660 · 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: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.❓ 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
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
6. 6.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) long or short
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
9. 9.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
11. 11.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) skip it
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
15. 15.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
17. 17.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
26. 26.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
30. 30.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
34. 34.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle

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