Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 577 · 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: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
5. 5.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
14. 14.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
16. 16.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
17. 17.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
21. 21.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
27. 27.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
31. 31.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) never at all
33. 33.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) monotonous
36. 36.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) say “um” louder (c) speak faster (d) repeat the last word
37. 37.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

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