Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 261 · 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: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
2. 2.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
3. 3.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
4. 4.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
6. 6.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
10. 10.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
12. 12.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
13. 13.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
16. 16.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) fast or slow
17. 17.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
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: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
28. 28.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
30. 30.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
34. 34.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
38. 38.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) monotonous
40. 40.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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