Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 574 · 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: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
4. 4.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.⏸️ 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
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
9. 9.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.❓ 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
14. 14.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) skip it
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
17. 17.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) gets very loud
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
25. 25.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
32. 32.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
34. 34.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
35. 35.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
39. 39.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

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