Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 2 · 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 wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
9. 9.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
11. 11.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
13. 13.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.⏸️ 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
17. 17.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) rises at the end (c) stops in the middle (d) gets very loud
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
24. 24.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
26. 26.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.🤐 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
30. 30.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) loud or soft
31. 31.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
33. 33.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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