Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 555 · 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 tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
5. 5.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
9. 9.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.❔ 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
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
15. 15.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
17. 17.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
22. 22.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
24. 24.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) never at all
26. 26.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
27. 27.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) long or short
32. 32.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
34. 34.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) skip it
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
39. 39.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True

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