Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 225 · 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: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
6. 6.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
9. 9.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
10. 10.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) melodious
11. 11.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
14. 14.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
17. 17.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
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.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
26. 26.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
30. 30.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
37. 37.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

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