Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 596 · 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: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
5. 5.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
10. 10.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
14. 14.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly
21. 21.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
22. 22.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
25. 25.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
37. 37.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) energetic

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