Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 762 · 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) False (b) True
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
6. 6.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
10. 10.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
13. 13.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
15. 15.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
16. 16.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) speak faster
19. 19.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
24. 24.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
26. 26.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
37. 37.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

Free public speaking lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/public-speaking-for-kids