Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 133 · 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: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
3. 3.❓ 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
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
5. 5.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) energetic
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
12. 12.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
14. 14.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
16. 16.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
21. 21.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
27. 27.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
29. 29.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
37. 37.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume

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