Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 84 · 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 tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
8. 8.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
15. 15.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
17. 17.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
22. 22.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
26. 26.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) long or short
28. 28.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
31. 31.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) stress it a little

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