Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 58 · 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: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
5. 5.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
6. 6.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
7. 7.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
8. 8.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
12. 12.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
14. 14.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line 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) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
18. 18.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
24. 24.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
28. 28.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
31. 31.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
33. 33.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
36. 36.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
39. 39.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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