Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 274 · 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 suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
2. 2.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) after every word
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
8. 8.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
10. 10.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
11. 11.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
22. 22.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
24. 24.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
28. 28.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
30. 30.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) melodious (c) monotonous (d) energetic
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
33. 33.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
37. 37.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) skip it
38. 38.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
40. 40.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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