Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 479 · 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.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
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: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
4. 4.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) fast or slow
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
10. 10.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.❓ 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
12. 12.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) monotonous
13. 13.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
17. 17.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
21. 21.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
22. 22.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
27. 27.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
29. 29.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
31. 31.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
33. 33.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
39. 39.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest

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