Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 629 · 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: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
6. 6.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (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.⏸️ 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
9. 9.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
12. 12.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) monotonous
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
15. 15.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
18. 18.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
21. 21.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) long or short (d) loud or soft
23. 23.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
32. 32.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
34. 34.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
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: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

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