Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 310 · 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 tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
2. 2.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
4. 4.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
9. 9.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.❔ 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
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
16. 16.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.❓ 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
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
22. 22.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) expressive
28. 28.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
29. 29.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
32. 32.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) never at all
38. 38.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) speak faster

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