Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 474 · 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: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
4. 4.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
10. 10.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
14. 14.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
16. 16.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) melodious
20. 20.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
23. 23.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
27. 27.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
29. 29.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) never at all
36. 36.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
37. 37.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False

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