Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 355 · 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.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
7. 7.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) monotonous
11. 11.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
17. 17.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
18. 18.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
22. 22.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
23. 23.⏸️ 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
24. 24.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
28. 28.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
31. 31.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) stops in the middle
35. 35.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
40. 40.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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