Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 294 · 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: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
3. 3.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
5. 5.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) energetic
11. 11.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
12. 12.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
24. 24.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady 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.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) stops in the middle
35. 35.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle

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