Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 472 · 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: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
4. 4.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
6. 6.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) after every word
10. 10.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
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.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
14. 14.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
15. 15.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
25. 25.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
28. 28.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
33. 33.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
36. 36.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
40. 40.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

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