Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 877 · 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: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
4. 4.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
5. 5.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
10. 10.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) say “um” louder (d) speak faster
11. 11.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
14. 14.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
16. 16.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) long or short
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
24. 24.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
34. 34.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
37. 37.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True

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