Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 390 · 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 tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
2. 2.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.⏸️ 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
8. 8.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
11. 11.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) long or short
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
16. 16.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
17. 17.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
20. 20.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
23. 23.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
30. 30.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) after every word
31. 31.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
35. 35.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) speak faster
37. 37.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
39. 39.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady

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