Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 1 · 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.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
2. 2.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
5. 5.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
16. 16.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
17. 17.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
19. 19.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
20. 20.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
34. 34.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) never at all
37. 37.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
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: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

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