Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 191 · 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.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
2. 2.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (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 a pause. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
9. 9.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
12. 12.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
14. 14.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
17. 17.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) never at all
21. 21.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
22. 22.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) monotonous
25. 25.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
29. 29.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
32. 32.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
35. 35.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
38. 38.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
39. 39.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

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