Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 867 · 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: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
3. 3.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
4. 4.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) long or short
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
15. 15.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
16. 16.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
18. 18.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
23. 23.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
26. 26.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch

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