Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 712 · 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: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
3. 3.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) skip it
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
7. 7.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) after an important point
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
15. 15.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
20. 20.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
28. 28.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
32. 32.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (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: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
39. 39.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True

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