Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 435 · 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.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
2. 2.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
4. 4.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
6. 6.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) melodious (c) monotonous (d) energetic
7. 7.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
9. 9.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
10. 10.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
11. 11.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
18. 18.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.❔ 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
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
26. 26.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
32. 32.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
35. 35.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
39. 39.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause

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