Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 546 · 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 announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
2. 2.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
5. 5.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) monotonous
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
15. 15.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
18. 18.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
24. 24.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
28. 28.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) after an important point
29. 29.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
37. 37.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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