Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 532 · 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: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
8. 8.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
9. 9.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
11. 11.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) fast or slow
12. 12.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
18. 18.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) never at all
19. 19.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
24. 24.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
26. 26.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
28. 28.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
30. 30.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
32. 32.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
35. 35.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
40. 40.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

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