Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 300 · 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.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
2. 2.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) never at all
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
7. 7.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
10. 10.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
13. 13.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
21. 21.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
23. 23.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
25. 25.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) gets very loud (c) stops in the middle (d) goes silent
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
28. 28.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
31. 31.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
37. 37.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
39. 39.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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