Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 302 · 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: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
5. 5.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
10. 10.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
12. 12.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
17. 17.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
22. 22.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) loud or soft
24. 24.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) energetic
30. 30.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
32. 32.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
37. 37.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
39. 39.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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