Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 406 · 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: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
3. 3.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
7. 7.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
17. 17.🤐 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
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 tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
22. 22.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) never at all
30. 30.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
33. 33.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
37. 37.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
39. 39.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

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