Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 464 · 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: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
4. 4.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) never at all
8. 8.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
9. 9.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) stops in the middle
10. 10.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
13. 13.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) mumble it
17. 17.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
19. 19.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
25. 25.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
28. 28.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) walk off the stage
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
34. 34.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
38. 38.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
40. 40.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

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