Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 227 · 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 suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
4. 4.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
8. 8.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
9. 9.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
12. 12.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) melodious
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
16. 16.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) long or short
17. 17.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (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 announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) skip it
25. 25.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
29. 29.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
32. 32.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
35. 35.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
39. 39.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
40. 40.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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