Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 871 · 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: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
2. 2.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
10. 10.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
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: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
23. 23.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
29. 29.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
38. 38.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle

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