Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 185 · 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 reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
2. 2.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) repeat the last word
5. 5.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) expressive
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
9. 9.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.❔ 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
23. 23.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
24. 24.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
27. 27.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
30. 30.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
34. 34.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch

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