Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 180 · 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 welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
4. 4.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) never at all
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
8. 8.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
14. 14.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) melodious
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
16. 16.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) repeat the last word
18. 18.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
21. 21.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
27. 27.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
31. 31.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
34. 34.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
37. 37.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause

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