Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 62 · 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 suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
7. 7.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
9. 9.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
14. 14.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
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.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
20. 20.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
22. 22.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
25. 25.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
28. 28.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
29. 29.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
31. 31.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
35. 35.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
39. 39.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🤐 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

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