Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 738 · 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.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
9. 9.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) repeat the last word
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
18. 18.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
28. 28.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
37. 37.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
39. 39.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively

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