Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 168 · 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: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
4. 4.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
6. 6.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) confuses everyone
7. 7.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) melodious
13. 13.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
15. 15.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
16. 16.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
18. 18.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
28. 28.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
30. 30.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
33. 33.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
35. 35.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
37. 37.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
39. 39.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady

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