Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 559 · 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) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
6. 6.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
7. 7.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
17. 17.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) energetic
18. 18.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
21. 21.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after every word (d) after an important point
29. 29.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
31. 31.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (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 suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) stops in the middle
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
40. 40.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False

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