Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 148 · 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 welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
2. 2.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.❔ 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
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
10. 10.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) melodious
11. 11.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
13. 13.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
17. 17.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
19. 19.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
26. 26.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) skip it
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
29. 29.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
35. 35.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
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: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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