Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 427 · 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: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
3. 3.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
10. 10.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
14. 14.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) long or short
17. 17.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
18. 18.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.❓ 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
24. 24.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
26. 26.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (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 pace. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) after every word
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
31. 31.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
34. 34.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
39. 39.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

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