Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 50 · 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 tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
2. 2.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
4. 4.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
5. 5.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
8. 8.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) expressive
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
15. 15.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
17. 17.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
18. 18.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
21. 21.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
25. 25.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
28. 28.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
30. 30.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
33. 33.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
36. 36.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
40. 40.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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