Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 268 · 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: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.❓ 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
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
5. 5.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
10. 10.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
15. 15.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) monotonous (c) energetic (d) expressive
16. 16.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
17. 17.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
23. 23.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
25. 25.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
26. 26.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
28. 28.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
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.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
33. 33.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
39. 39.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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