Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 184 · 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: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
8. 8.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
13. 13.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
15. 15.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
16. 16.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
19. 19.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
23. 23.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
24. 24.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
26. 26.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
28. 28.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
32. 32.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
40. 40.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

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