Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 672 · 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.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
2. 2.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
7. 7.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) monotonous
8. 8.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
14. 14.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
16. 16.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
19. 19.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
24. 24.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
29. 29.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
35. 35.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
39. 39.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False

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