Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 618 · 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.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
2. 2.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
8. 8.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
9. 9.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) after every word
20. 20.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
22. 22.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
25. 25.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
30. 30.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
32. 32.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
36. 36.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
37. 37.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it

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