Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 463 · 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: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) never at all
3. 3.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
6. 6.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
8. 8.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
9. 9.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
13. 13.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
20. 20.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) long or short
22. 22.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) stops in the middle
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
26. 26.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
28. 28.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
38. 38.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady

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