Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 394 · 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: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
3. 3.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (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 calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) monotonous
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: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
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.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
14. 14.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
15. 15.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
24. 24.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
29. 29.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
31. 31.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
39. 39.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace

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