Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 130 · 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.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
2. 2.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.❔ 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
6. 6.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
8. 8.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
13. 13.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
19. 19.⏸️ 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
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
21. 21.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
25. 25.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
28. 28.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
32. 32.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
34. 34.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
35. 35.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
39. 39.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False

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