Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 232 · 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: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
3. 3.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
4. 4.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) energetic
5. 5.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
6. 6.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🤐 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
10. 10.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.⏸️ 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
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
18. 18.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
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.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
24. 24.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
26. 26.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
33. 33.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False

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