Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 354 · 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: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) after every word
9. 9.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
13. 13.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
16. 16.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
21. 21.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
22. 22.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
24. 24.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
32. 32.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) gets very loud
33. 33.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
35. 35.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

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