Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 524 · 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 cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
6. 6.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
9. 9.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
11. 11.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
16. 16.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
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.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
24. 24.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
27. 27.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
32. 32.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
34. 34.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
40. 40.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False

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