Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 612 · 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: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) long or short (d) loud or soft
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
5. 5.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
6. 6.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
9. 9.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) energetic
10. 10.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
12. 12.❔ 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
13. 13.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
14. 14.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) repeat the last word
15. 15.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
17. 17.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
19. 19.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
22. 22.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
24. 24.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) skip it
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
26. 26.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
31. 31.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
39. 39.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady

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