Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 554 · 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.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
4. 4.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
7. 7.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
17. 17.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) speak faster
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
20. 20.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
22. 22.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
26. 26.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively

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