Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 688 · 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: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
11. 11.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
14. 14.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
17. 17.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
20. 20.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
23. 23.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
26. 26.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) after every word
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
29. 29.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
31. 31.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
32. 32.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
37. 37.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

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