Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 494 · 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: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
6. 6.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
11. 11.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
13. 13.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
14. 14.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
21. 21.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
22. 22.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
24. 24.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
25. 25.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
27. 27.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
28. 28.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
31. 31.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
34. 34.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
35. 35.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
38. 38.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
40. 40.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

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