Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 791 · 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: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
4. 4.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
6. 6.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
13. 13.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
15. 15.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) skip it
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
21. 21.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) after every word
22. 22.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) say “um” louder (c) speak faster (d) repeat the last word
24. 24.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
26. 26.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
33. 33.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
35. 35.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause

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