Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 393 · 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 giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
2. 2.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.❓ 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
11. 11.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
13. 13.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
15. 15.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
18. 18.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) stops in the middle
19. 19.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
21. 21.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) monotonous (d) expressive
27. 27.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🤐 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
30. 30.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
33. 33.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
40. 40.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False

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