Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 493 · 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 leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
2. 2.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
7. 7.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) say it faster
8. 8.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
10. 10.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
11. 11.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
13. 13.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
17. 17.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
24. 24.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
31. 31.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
33. 33.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
36. 36.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
37. 37.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
39. 39.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

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