Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 372 · 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: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
6. 6.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
9. 9.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
13. 13.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
17. 17.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
19. 19.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
23. 23.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
26. 26.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
27. 27.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
29. 29.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
31. 31.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
33. 33.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech

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