Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 798 · 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.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
2. 2.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
5. 5.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
9. 9.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) skip it
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
19. 19.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
22. 22.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
25. 25.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
28. 28.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
32. 32.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
36. 36.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
38. 38.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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