Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 200 · 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) say it faster (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
6. 6.⏸️ 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
7. 7.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
9. 9.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
10. 10.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
13. 13.⏸️ 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
14. 14.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
21. 21.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
23. 23.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
27. 27.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
30. 30.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) speak faster
33. 33.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) melodious (c) monotonous (d) energetic
35. 35.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
37. 37.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
40. 40.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

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