Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 430 · 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: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
4. 4.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
9. 9.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
14. 14.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) confuses everyone
15. 15.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
17. 17.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
20. 20.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
23. 23.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
30. 30.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
32. 32.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
34. 34.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
36. 36.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.⏸️ 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
38. 38.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
39. 39.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

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