Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 448 · 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 a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
3. 3.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) say it faster
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
18. 18.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
22. 22.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
27. 27.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
28. 28.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
31. 31.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) rises at the end (c) stops in the middle (d) gets very loud
32. 32.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
37. 37.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
39. 39.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once

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