Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 710 · 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: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
7. 7.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
9. 9.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
11. 11.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
14. 14.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.⏸️ 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
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
17. 17.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
21. 21.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) melodious
22. 22.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
27. 27.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
40. 40.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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