Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 469 · 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 suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
3. 3.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
6. 6.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) never at all (d) after every word
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
8. 8.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
14. 14.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
16. 16.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
25. 25.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
27. 27.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
30. 30.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
32. 32.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) monotonous (d) expressive
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
34. 34.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
36. 36.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

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