Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 107 · 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 tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
2. 2.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
4. 4.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
6. 6.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
9. 9.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
11. 11.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
13. 13.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) never at all
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
22. 22.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
24. 24.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
26. 26.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
31. 31.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
33. 33.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
36. 36.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
39. 39.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) monotonous
40. 40.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False

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