Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 36 · 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.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
2. 2.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
4. 4.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
10. 10.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
12. 12.⏸️ 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
13. 13.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
17. 17.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
20. 20.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
24. 24.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
29. 29.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
34. 34.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
39. 39.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
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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