Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 271 · 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 high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) mumble it
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
6. 6.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) after every word
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.❔ 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
16. 16.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) fast or slow
17. 17.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
23. 23.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) repeat the last word
25. 25.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
26. 26.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
31. 31.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
38. 38.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace

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