Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 547 · 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 volume. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
6. 6.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
8. 8.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.⏸️ 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
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
13. 13.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
18. 18.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
20. 20.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) fast or slow
21. 21.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) melodious
22. 22.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
26. 26.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
28. 28.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
33. 33.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
36. 36.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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