Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 114 · 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: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
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.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
6. 6.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) after every word
7. 7.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
11. 11.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
18. 18.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
36. 36.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady

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