Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 316 · 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 cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
4. 4.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) after every word
16. 16.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
18. 18.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
19. 19.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) skip it
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
23. 23.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
24. 24.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
26. 26.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
28. 28.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
37. 37.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
40. 40.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False

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