Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 412 · 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.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
5. 5.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
9. 9.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
10. 10.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
12. 12.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
14. 14.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
16. 16.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
19. 19.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
22. 22.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) monotonous
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
24. 24.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
25. 25.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
29. 29.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
32. 32.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
34. 34.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
38. 38.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
40. 40.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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