Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 140 · 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 announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
7. 7.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
8. 8.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
9. 9.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
12. 12.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
23. 23.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
27. 27.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
29. 29.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
38. 38.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
40. 40.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False

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