Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 324 · 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 warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
2. 2.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) loud or soft
3. 3.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) skip it
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
8. 8.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
12. 12.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) expressive
13. 13.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.❔ 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
16. 16.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
22. 22.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
25. 25.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
27. 27.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
29. 29.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
36. 36.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
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.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly

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