Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 305 · 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 telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
2. 2.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
3. 3.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) after an important point
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
6. 6.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
15. 15.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
17. 17.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
19. 19.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
21. 21.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
22. 22.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively 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) goes silent (d) stops in the middle
27. 27.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) fast or slow
28. 28.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) monotonous
32. 32.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
40. 40.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

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