Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 221 · 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: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
2. 2.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
3. 3.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) fast or slow
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
7. 7.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
16. 16.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) energetic
18. 18.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) gets very loud
20. 20.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
24. 24.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
27. 27.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
30. 30.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
34. 34.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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