Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 253 · 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 fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.❔ 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
10. 10.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
14. 14.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) fast or slow
15. 15.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
19. 19.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
21. 21.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
23. 23.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
27. 27.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
29. 29.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
31. 31.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
34. 34.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
35. 35.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
38. 38.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
39. 39.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

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