Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 283 · 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 tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
2. 2.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
4. 4.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
6. 6.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
7. 7.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
9. 9.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
12. 12.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
18. 18.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
20. 20.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
23. 23.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (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: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) fast or slow
31. 31.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
38. 38.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

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