Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 135 · 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 honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
4. 4.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
7. 7.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
14. 14.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
18. 18.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.❔ 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
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
25. 25.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
28. 28.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
29. 29.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
31. 31.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
34. 34.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
38. 38.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) after every word
39. 39.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) melodious

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