Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 420 · 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.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) stops in the middle
2. 2.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🤐 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
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
10. 10.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
16. 16.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
20. 20.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
25. 25.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
28. 28.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
32. 32.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
37. 37.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous

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