Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 220 · 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.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
3. 3.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
14. 14.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
20. 20.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
28. 28.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) speak faster
29. 29.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.❓ 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
31. 31.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
33. 33.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
38. 38.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively

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