Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 57 · 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.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
2. 2.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
5. 5.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
8. 8.❔ 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
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
14. 14.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) speak faster
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
17. 17.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
20. 20.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
26. 26.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
30. 30.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
32. 32.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
37. 37.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
38. 38.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
39. 39.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

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