Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 584 · 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: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
2. 2.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
11. 11.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) energetic
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
23. 23.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
25. 25.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
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.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
36. 36.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) walk off the stage
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
39. 39.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False

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