Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 606 · 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) False (b) True
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) fast or slow
5. 5.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
9. 9.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) skip it
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.❔ 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
22. 22.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) energetic
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
26. 26.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
27. 27.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
34. 34.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) after an important point
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
36. 36.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
38. 38.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

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