Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 132 · 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: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after every word (d) after an important point
6. 6.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) expressive
8. 8.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
14. 14.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
19. 19.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
22. 22.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) fast or slow
29. 29.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
32. 32.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
33. 33.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True

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