Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 222 · 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: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
6. 6.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
12. 12.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
18. 18.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
21. 21.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
23. 23.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) energetic
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
28. 28.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
32. 32.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
39. 39.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

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