Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 340 · 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 comforting a younger child who is scared? (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 calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
6. 6.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
9. 9.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
14. 14.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
19. 19.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
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: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
29. 29.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) never at all
33. 33.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) expressive
34. 34.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little

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