Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 175 · 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.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
3. 3.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
4. 4.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
6. 6.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) after every word
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
9. 9.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
12. 12.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
14. 14.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) rises at the end (c) stops in the middle (d) gets very loud
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
19. 19.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) walk off the stage
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
22. 22.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
25. 25.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
34. 34.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
38. 38.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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