Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 470 · 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: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
10. 10.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
11. 11.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.❔ 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
18. 18.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
23. 23.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
25. 25.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
29. 29.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
30. 30.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
34. 34.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) monotonous (c) energetic (d) melodious
35. 35.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

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