Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 518 · 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: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
3. 3.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
6. 6.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
8. 8.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.❓ 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
10. 10.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) energetic
11. 11.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
13. 13.⏸️ 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
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
15. 15.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
19. 19.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
25. 25.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
27. 27.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
28. 28.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
32. 32.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
35. 35.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
38. 38.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
40. 40.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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