Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 441 · 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) False (b) True
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
4. 4.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) energetic
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
7. 7.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
11. 11.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
14. 14.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
17. 17.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
19. 19.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
21. 21.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
26. 26.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) say it faster
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
30. 30.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
32. 32.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
34. 34.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) after every word
36. 36.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
38. 38.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False

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