Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 352 · 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: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
3. 3.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) answer it instantly (c) pause for a moment (d) walk off the stage
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
10. 10.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
13. 13.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) after every word
16. 16.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
17. 17.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
23. 23.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
25. 25.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
29. 29.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
31. 31.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
32. 32.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
36. 36.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
39. 39.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

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