Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

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

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