Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 251 · 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: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
3. 3.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.❓ 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
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
10. 10.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
14. 14.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) never at all
15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
20. 20.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
24. 24.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) melodious
34. 34.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
37. 37.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
40. 40.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) say “um” louder (d) speak faster

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