Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 137 · 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: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
3. 3.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
13. 13.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) gets very loud
14. 14.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
20. 20.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
23. 23.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
27. 27.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
31. 31.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
33. 33.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
39. 39.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch

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