Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 620 · 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: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
4. 4.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
9. 9.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) fast or slow
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
12. 12.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🤐 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
16. 16.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
23. 23.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) say it faster
24. 24.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
27. 27.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
28. 28.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
36. 36.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
38. 38.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume

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