Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 385 · 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) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
3. 3.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) never at all
4. 4.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
6. 6.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
9. 9.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
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: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
15. 15.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
19. 19.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) skip it
20. 20.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
23. 23.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
26. 26.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
27. 27.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
31. 31.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
36. 36.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
38. 38.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) melodious
40. 40.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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