Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 174 · 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.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
2. 2.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) after every word
5. 5.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) fast or slow
8. 8.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) melodious
18. 18.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
21. 21.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
26. 26.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) stops in the middle
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
28. 28.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
30. 30.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
32. 32.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
37. 37.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
40. 40.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

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