Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 199 · 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 announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) never at all
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
20. 20.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
25. 25.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
28. 28.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
32. 32.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.⏸️ 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
34. 34.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
36. 36.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) loud or soft
37. 37.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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