Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 946 · 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 suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
3. 3.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
6. 6.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
8. 8.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) walk off the stage
9. 9.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
11. 11.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
15. 15.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
21. 21.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
22. 22.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
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: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
29. 29.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
32. 32.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
35. 35.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
37. 37.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) melodious
38. 38.⏸️ 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
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch

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