Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 458 · 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.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
2. 2.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
5. 5.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
6. 6.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) expressive
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
10. 10.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
13. 13.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.❓ 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
20. 20.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
22. 22.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
24. 24.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
27. 27.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
33. 33.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
38. 38.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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