Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 369 · 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: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
3. 3.🤐 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
4. 4.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
9. 9.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
11. 11.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
15. 15.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
18. 18.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
21. 21.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
24. 24.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
25. 25.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
30. 30.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
32. 32.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) long or short
33. 33.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) skip it
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
36. 36.❔ 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
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
38. 38.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

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