Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 149 · 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.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
4. 4.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
6. 6.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
7. 7.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
8. 8.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
11. 11.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
16. 16.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
19. 19.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
26. 26.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) energetic
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
29. 29.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
31. 31.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
39. 39.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

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