Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 87 · 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: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) monotonous (c) energetic (d) expressive
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
9. 9.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.⏸️ 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
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
13. 13.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
16. 16.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
18. 18.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
29. 29.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
34. 34.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
37. 37.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady

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