Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 586 · 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: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
5. 5.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
7. 7.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
8. 8.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
10. 10.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.⏸️ 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
12. 12.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
14. 14.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
24. 24.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
26. 26.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
32. 32.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
35. 35.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
37. 37.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True

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