Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 108 · 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: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) melodious
5. 5.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
9. 9.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
14. 14.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
21. 21.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
23. 23.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
26. 26.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) stops in the middle
27. 27.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
28. 28.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) confuses everyone
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
34. 34.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
39. 39.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume

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