Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 373 · 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.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
4. 4.❔ 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
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
6. 6.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
13. 13.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
17. 17.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
23. 23.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
28. 28.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
33. 33.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
36. 36.⏸️ 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
37. 37.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
38. 38.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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