Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 784 · 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 suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
6. 6.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
11. 11.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
12. 12.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
13. 13.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (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 a pause. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) confuses everyone
26. 26.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
30. 30.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
37. 37.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle

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