Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 392 · 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 shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
7. 7.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
9. 9.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
14. 14.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
17. 17.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
23. 23.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
25. 25.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
29. 29.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) monotonous (c) energetic (d) melodious
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
36. 36.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
37. 37.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
40. 40.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False

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