Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 170 · 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.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) monotonous
2. 2.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
7. 7.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
9. 9.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
10. 10.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
16. 16.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
20. 20.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
25. 25.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
28. 28.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
39. 39.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest

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