Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 217 · 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 tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
2. 2.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
3. 3.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
5. 5.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
7. 7.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
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.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
22. 22.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) long or short
25. 25.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
30. 30.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
35. 35.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True

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