Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 383 · 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: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
5. 5.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
10. 10.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
17. 17.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
21. 21.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
24. 24.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
27. 27.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
30. 30.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
34. 34.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
38. 38.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
40. 40.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False

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