Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

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

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