Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 157 · 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 cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
3. 3.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
7. 7.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
9. 9.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) speak faster
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
13. 13.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
16. 16.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
22. 22.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
29. 29.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
32. 32.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
33. 33.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
38. 38.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
40. 40.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False

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