Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 433 · 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.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
2. 2.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.❔ 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
4. 4.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
10. 10.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
13. 13.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (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) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
25. 25.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
26. 26.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
29. 29.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
31. 31.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
34. 34.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

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