Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 670 · 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 suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (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: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
13. 13.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
15. 15.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
18. 18.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
20. 20.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
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.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
29. 29.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) monotonous
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
31. 31.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
36. 36.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
39. 39.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True

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