Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 30 · 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 suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
3. 3.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
4. 4.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
10. 10.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
11. 11.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
17. 17.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
18. 18.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) skip it
19. 19.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) energetic
20. 20.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
24. 24.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
30. 30.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.⏸️ 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
33. 33.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
37. 37.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
40. 40.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True

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