Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 391 · 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: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) expressive
8. 8.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
11. 11.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
13. 13.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) after an important point
15. 15.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
20. 20.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
23. 23.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
26. 26.❔ 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
27. 27.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
28. 28.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
30. 30.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
33. 33.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
36. 36.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle

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