Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 922 · 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: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
9. 9.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
10. 10.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) stops in the middle
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
13. 13.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
16. 16.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
18. 18.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) monotonous (c) energetic (d) melodious
19. 19.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
21. 21.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.⏸️ 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
23. 23.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
27. 27.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
29. 29.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
35. 35.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
38. 38.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

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