Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

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

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