Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 384 · 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) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
3. 3.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
6. 6.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
7. 7.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
9. 9.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
12. 12.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
14. 14.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
19. 19.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
21. 21.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
25. 25.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
27. 27.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.⏸️ 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
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
31. 31.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
35. 35.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
37. 37.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
39. 39.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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