Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 517 · 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 calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) long or short
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
10. 10.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
16. 16.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.❔ 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
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
21. 21.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
23. 23.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after every word (d) after an important point
24. 24.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
27. 27.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
30. 30.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
35. 35.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
37. 37.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it

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