Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 223 · 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: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
10. 10.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
13. 13.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
18. 18.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
21. 21.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
23. 23.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
31. 31.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
33. 33.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
38. 38.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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