Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 527 · 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: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
3. 3.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.⏸️ 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
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
7. 7.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) long or short
8. 8.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
11. 11.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
12. 12.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
14. 14.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
18. 18.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) energetic
19. 19.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
23. 23.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
25. 25.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
29. 29.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
31. 31.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
35. 35.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
39. 39.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True

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