Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 549 · 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 serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
4. 4.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly
7. 7.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
10. 10.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
12. 12.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) speak faster
13. 13.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
18. 18.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
19. 19.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) energetic
20. 20.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
22. 22.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
31. 31.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
34. 34.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
40. 40.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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