Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 568 · 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.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
4. 4.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
5. 5.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
13. 13.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
17. 17.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) skip it
18. 18.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
20. 20.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
25. 25.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
27. 27.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
30. 30.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
32. 32.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
34. 34.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) expressive
35. 35.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
37. 37.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
38. 38.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
40. 40.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True

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