Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 482 · 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: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) expressive
4. 4.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
10. 10.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
11. 11.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
12. 12.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
15. 15.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
17. 17.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) never at all
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
21. 21.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
25. 25.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
29. 29.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
34. 34.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
36. 36.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False

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