Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 112 · 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: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
5. 5.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
8. 8.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) monotonous
9. 9.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
11. 11.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
12. 12.❓ 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
13. 13.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
16. 16.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
17. 17.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
18. 18.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
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: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
27. 27.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
31. 31.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
33. 33.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
35. 35.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
39. 39.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

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