Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 467 · 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: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
5. 5.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
12. 12.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
13. 13.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
17. 17.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) monotonous
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
28. 28.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
35. 35.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause

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