Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 154 · 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.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
2. 2.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) fast or slow
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
4. 4.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
6. 6.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
8. 8.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
10. 10.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) monotonous (c) energetic (d) melodious
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
16. 16.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
18. 18.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
24. 24.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
29. 29.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
30. 30.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
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: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
37. 37.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause

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