Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 439 · 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: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
5. 5.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
9. 9.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
11. 11.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
12. 12.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
17. 17.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
22. 22.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
25. 25.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) stops in the middle
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
29. 29.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
32. 32.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) never at all
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle

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