Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 501 · 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.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
3. 3.❓ 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
4. 4.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (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 tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
8. 8.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
13. 13.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) fast or slow
14. 14.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) monotonous
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
16. 16.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
23. 23.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🤐 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
25. 25.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
27. 27.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
29. 29.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
31. 31.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
33. 33.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
39. 39.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

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