Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 563 · 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: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
2. 2.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) mumble it
7. 7.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) melodious
8. 8.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
15. 15.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
17. 17.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) stops in the middle (d) goes silent
18. 18.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
20. 20.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
22. 22.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
27. 27.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) long or short
29. 29.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
30. 30.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
34. 34.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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