Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 183 · 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) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
2. 2.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
9. 9.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
11. 11.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
14. 14.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) never at all
15. 15.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
22. 22.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
25. 25.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
27. 27.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
35. 35.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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