Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 452 · 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.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) repeat the last word
2. 2.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
13. 13.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
15. 15.❔ 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
16. 16.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
21. 21.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
24. 24.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) long or short
25. 25.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
27. 27.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
30. 30.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) melodious
31. 31.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) confuses everyone
34. 34.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
37. 37.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady

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