Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 255 · 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: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
2. 2.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) expressive
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
6. 6.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) never at all
7. 7.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
8. 8.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
11. 11.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
13. 13.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.❓ 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
19. 19.❔ 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
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
21. 21.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
23. 23.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
28. 28.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
30. 30.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
32. 32.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
35. 35.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
39. 39.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little

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