Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 410 · 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: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
6. 6.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
10. 10.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
12. 12.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) say “um” louder (c) speak faster (d) repeat the last word
13. 13.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
17. 17.❔ 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
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
22. 22.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
28. 28.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
31. 31.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
35. 35.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
39. 39.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch

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