Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 106 · 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: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
4. 4.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
8. 8.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
11. 11.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
13. 13.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
15. 15.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
23. 23.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
26. 26.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
31. 31.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
37. 37.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
39. 39.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace

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