Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 609 · 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: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
4. 4.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
6. 6.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) loud or soft
7. 7.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) never at all
11. 11.❓ 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
12. 12.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
16. 16.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) speak faster
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) expressive
24. 24.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
27. 27.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) stops in the middle
31. 31.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
36. 36.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
38. 38.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch

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