Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 164 · 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 wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
6. 6.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
10. 10.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🤐 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
12. 12.❔ 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
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
14. 14.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
22. 22.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
25. 25.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
27. 27.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
28. 28.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
32. 32.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
34. 34.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) monotonous
35. 35.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) high or low (c) long or short (d) fast or slow
39. 39.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively

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