Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 341 · 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: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) expressive
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
10. 10.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
14. 14.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
16. 16.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
20. 20.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
23. 23.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
24. 24.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🤐 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
26. 26.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
28. 28.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.❔ 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
31. 31.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch

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