Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 127 · 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 giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
5. 5.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
7. 7.⏸️ 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
8. 8.⏸️ 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
9. 9.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle 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.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
15. 15.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
17. 17.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
19. 19.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
20. 20.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
26. 26.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) rises at the end (c) stops in the middle (d) gets very loud
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.🤐 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
32. 32.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
35. 35.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
36. 36.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
40. 40.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False

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