Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 155 · 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 a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
7. 7.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
13. 13.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
22. 22.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
24. 24.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
27. 27.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
29. 29.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
32. 32.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) melodious
35. 35.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
37. 37.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch

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