Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 745 · 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: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.⏸️ 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
6. 6.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) skip it
7. 7.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
11. 11.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
13. 13.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
14. 14.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
15. 15.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
22. 22.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
26. 26.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
28. 28.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
32. 32.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
34. 34.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
37. 37.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
39. 39.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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