Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 724 · 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 tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
8. 8.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) never at all
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
18. 18.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) melodious
24. 24.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
27. 27.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
30. 30.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
36. 36.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
37. 37.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
40. 40.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently

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