Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 118 · 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 suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
2. 2.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
4. 4.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) fast or slow
5. 5.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) repeat the last word
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
14. 14.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
16. 16.❓ 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
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
18. 18.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
30. 30.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) never at all
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
32. 32.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
34. 34.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
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: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady

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