Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 171 · 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: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
4. 4.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.⏸️ 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
6. 6.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
11. 11.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
17. 17.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
19. 19.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
22. 22.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
23. 23.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) melodious (c) monotonous (d) energetic
24. 24.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
26. 26.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
30. 30.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
32. 32.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
39. 39.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume

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