Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 624 · 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: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
3. 3.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
6. 6.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
8. 8.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
10. 10.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
16. 16.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
18. 18.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
23. 23.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) after every word
25. 25.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) repeat the last word
26. 26.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) stops in the middle
27. 27.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
31. 31.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) melodious
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
34. 34.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
39. 39.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

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