Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 437 · 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.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
2. 2.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
10. 10.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
15. 15.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
18. 18.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) repeat the last word
21. 21.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
24. 24.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
26. 26.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
29. 29.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
33. 33.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
35. 35.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
37. 37.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
40. 40.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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