Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 230 · 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 loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) skip it
3. 3.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
7. 7.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
9. 9.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
11. 11.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
14. 14.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
16. 16.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
17. 17.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
21. 21.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
23. 23.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
25. 25.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
35. 35.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
37. 37.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) after an important point
38. 38.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
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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