Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 492 · 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: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
5. 5.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
9. 9.🤐 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
10. 10.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
13. 13.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
17. 17.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
21. 21.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.❔ 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
24. 24.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) monotonous
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
37. 37.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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