Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 476 · 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 calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) answer it instantly (c) pause for a moment (d) walk off the stage
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
6. 6.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
8. 8.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
12. 12.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
16. 16.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) after every word
19. 19.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
22. 22.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
25. 25.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
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.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
29. 29.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
32. 32.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) melodious
34. 34.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
39. 39.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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