Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 276 · 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: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
8. 8.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) repeat the last word
12. 12.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
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: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
19. 19.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.❔ 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
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
28. 28.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
32. 32.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) after an important point
34. 34.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False

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