Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 219 · 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.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
12. 12.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
16. 16.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country 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: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.⏸️ 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
23. 23.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
24. 24.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
28. 28.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
30. 30.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
32. 32.❔ 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
33. 33.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
34. 34.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
38. 38.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False

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