Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 264 · 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: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
3. 3.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
6. 6.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
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: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.❓ 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
13. 13.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
20. 20.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
23. 23.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) never at all (d) after every word
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
30. 30.❔ 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
31. 31.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
32. 32.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🤐 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
35. 35.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
37. 37.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

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