Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 744 · 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: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
4. 4.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
7. 7.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
9. 9.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
10. 10.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
14. 14.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
17. 17.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
19. 19.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) say it faster
21. 21.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
22. 22.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.⏸️ 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
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
27. 27.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
35. 35.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
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: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False

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