Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 313 · 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: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly
3. 3.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) say “um” louder (d) speak faster
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
8. 8.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
9. 9.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
11. 11.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
14. 14.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
24. 24.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
27. 27.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
32. 32.❔ 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
33. 33.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
35. 35.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
38. 38.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
40. 40.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False

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