Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 622 · 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 welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
2. 2.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
4. 4.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
6. 6.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) repeat the last word
12. 12.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) rises at the end (c) stops in the middle (d) gets very loud
16. 16.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
24. 24.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
29. 29.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
33. 33.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) melodious
34. 34.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
40. 40.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True

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