Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 625 · 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.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
3. 3.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
4. 4.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
10. 10.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
12. 12.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) monotonous (c) energetic (d) expressive
13. 13.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
17. 17.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
19. 19.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) after every word
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
21. 21.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
25. 25.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
28. 28.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
36. 36.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

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