Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 226 · 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: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
6. 6.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
8. 8.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
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 reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
13. 13.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
17. 17.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
24. 24.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
30. 30.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) never at all
31. 31.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) stops in the middle
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
34. 34.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
35. 35.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace

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