Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 533 · 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 warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) melodious
4. 4.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) long or short
6. 6.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
9. 9.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) never at all
10. 10.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
14. 14.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
18. 18.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
22. 22.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
24. 24.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.❔ 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
28. 28.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
30. 30.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
32. 32.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
36. 36.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady

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