Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 165 · 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: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
5. 5.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
6. 6.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🤐 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
9. 9.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
11. 11.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
18. 18.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
20. 20.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
21. 21.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
23. 23.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
27. 27.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
30. 30.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
32. 32.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
36. 36.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (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.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady

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