Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 491 · 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 announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
4. 4.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.❔ 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
7. 7.⏸️ 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
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.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
11. 11.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
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.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) never at all
18. 18.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
23. 23.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
24. 24.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
27. 27.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
36. 36.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch

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