Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 454 · 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.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
10. 10.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
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.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
17. 17.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) never at all
19. 19.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
23. 23.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
24. 24.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
27. 27.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) energetic
29. 29.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
31. 31.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
38. 38.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
40. 40.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

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