Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 902 · 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: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
2. 2.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
5. 5.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
6. 6.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
10. 10.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
16. 16.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) energetic
18. 18.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
20. 20.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
23. 23.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
31. 31.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
36. 36.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
39. 39.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch

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