Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 982 · 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: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
6. 6.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
23. 23.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
25. 25.🤐 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
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
31. 31.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
32. 32.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
36. 36.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
40. 40.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True

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