Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 330 · 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.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
2. 2.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
9. 9.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) repeat the last word
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
20. 20.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) skip it
21. 21.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
23. 23.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
29. 29.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
31. 31.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) walk off the stage
34. 34.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
35. 35.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) expressive
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
37. 37.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
39. 39.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

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