Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 423 · 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 a pause. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
3. 3.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
7. 7.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
8. 8.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
10. 10.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
14. 14.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) fast or slow
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
24. 24.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
25. 25.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
26. 26.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
30. 30.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) after every word
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
39. 39.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False

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