Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 500 · 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 giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
2. 2.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) rises at the end (c) stops in the middle (d) gets very loud
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
9. 9.⏸️ 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
10. 10.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
15. 15.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
17. 17.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
19. 19.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
24. 24.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) say “um” louder (d) speak faster
26. 26.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
29. 29.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
32. 32.❓ 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
33. 33.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.⏸️ 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
39. 39.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady

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