Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 277 · 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.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
2. 2.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) long or short
6. 6.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🤐 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
8. 8.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
15. 15.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
17. 17.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) expressive
18. 18.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) confuses everyone
19. 19.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
22. 22.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
24. 24.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
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.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
35. 35.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
37. 37.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
39. 39.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

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