Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 489 · 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) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
3. 3.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
5. 5.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
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.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
15. 15.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
16. 16.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
18. 18.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
19. 19.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.❔ 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
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
24. 24.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
34. 34.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
35. 35.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) expressive
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
40. 40.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) repeat the last word

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