Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 475 · 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: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
4. 4.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
5. 5.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) skip it
6. 6.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
9. 9.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
12. 12.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
16. 16.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
19. 19.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) stops in the middle
20. 20.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
24. 24.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
27. 27.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
30. 30.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) energetic
31. 31.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
34. 34.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
37. 37.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
40. 40.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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