Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 76 · 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 a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
8. 8.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) never at all
11. 11.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
14. 14.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) repeat the last word
16. 16.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
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: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
22. 22.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
24. 24.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
25. 25.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
35. 35.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
37. 37.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle

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