Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 534 · 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: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
4. 4.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) monotonous
6. 6.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
10. 10.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
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) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
13. 13.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
16. 16.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
25. 25.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.⏸️ 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
28. 28.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
29. 29.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
31. 31.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
34. 34.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) repeat the last word
37. 37.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) stops in the middle
40. 40.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False

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