Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 374 · 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: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
8. 8.❓ 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
9. 9.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
18. 18.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.⏸️ 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
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
24. 24.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
29. 29.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
31. 31.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
37. 37.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
38. 38.❔ 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
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
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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