Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 481 · 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.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
2. 2.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
8. 8.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
10. 10.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
14. 14.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) long or short (d) loud or soft
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
16. 16.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
17. 17.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
21. 21.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) expressive
25. 25.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
28. 28.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
33. 33.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
37. 37.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle

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