Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 477 · 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.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
2. 2.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
5. 5.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
7. 7.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
10. 10.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) never at all (d) after every word
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
13. 13.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
14. 14.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
17. 17.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.⏸️ 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
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) monotonous
22. 22.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
27. 27.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
29. 29.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.❓ 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
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
32. 32.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
37. 37.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.❔ 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
40. 40.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False

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