Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 52 · 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: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
7. 7.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) monotonous
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
9. 9.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
12. 12.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
14. 14.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
18. 18.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
21. 21.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
24. 24.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively 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.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
29. 29.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
31. 31.⏸️ 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
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
33. 33.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
35. 35.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) confuses everyone
36. 36.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
39. 39.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle

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