Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 161 · 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: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
4. 4.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
9. 9.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
17. 17.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
19. 19.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
24. 24.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
32. 32.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
35. 35.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
36. 36.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace

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