Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 562 · 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) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) after every word
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
7. 7.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
9. 9.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
10. 10.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) melodious
15. 15.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
18. 18.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
19. 19.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
22. 22.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.⏸️ 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
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
30. 30.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
38. 38.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False

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