Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 240 · 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: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
8. 8.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.❔ 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
15. 15.🤐 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
16. 16.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.⏸️ 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
19. 19.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) say it faster
21. 21.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
22. 22.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
29. 29.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
32. 32.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
35. 35.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace

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