Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 306 · 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) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
2. 2.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
8. 8.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) never at all (d) after every word
9. 9.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) skip it
11. 11.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
13. 13.🤐 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
14. 14.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
19. 19.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
22. 22.❔ 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
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
24. 24.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
30. 30.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
32. 32.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
35. 35.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
37. 37.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
39. 39.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

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