Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 55 · 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: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
3. 3.❓ 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
4. 4.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) monotonous
7. 7.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
9. 9.⏸️ 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
10. 10.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
12. 12.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
14. 14.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
19. 19.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) long or short (d) loud or soft
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
26. 26.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
31. 31.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
37. 37.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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