Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 297 · 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 fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
2. 2.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
4. 4.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
11. 11.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
18. 18.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) monotonous
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
21. 21.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
23. 23.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly
25. 25.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady 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: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) fast or slow
36. 36.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
39. 39.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True

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