Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 408 · 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: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
7. 7.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
12. 12.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
14. 14.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
21. 21.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
25. 25.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
27. 27.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
31. 31.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) rises at the end (c) stops in the middle (d) gets very loud
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
34. 34.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
37. 37.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
39. 39.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
40. 40.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True

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