Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 359 · 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.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) energetic
5. 5.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
8. 8.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
9. 9.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
14. 14.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
16. 16.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) never at all
17. 17.❓ 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
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
20. 20.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
23. 23.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
25. 25.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
27. 27.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
32. 32.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
33. 33.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) stops in the middle
36. 36.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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