Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 337 · 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: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
4. 4.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
11. 11.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) long or short
13. 13.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.❓ 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
19. 19.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
23. 23.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
25. 25.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
29. 29.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
36. 36.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
37. 37.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
39. 39.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

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