Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 195 · 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 honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
3. 3.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
8. 8.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
9. 9.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
12. 12.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
14. 14.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
22. 22.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
24. 24.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
26. 26.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
34. 34.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
37. 37.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
40. 40.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True

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