Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 446 · 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: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.⏸️ 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
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
4. 4.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
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: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
11. 11.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
13. 13.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
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: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
17. 17.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
25. 25.❓ 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
26. 26.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) stops in the middle (d) goes silent
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
30. 30.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume

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