Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 635 · 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.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
2. 2.❓ 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
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
4. 4.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
10. 10.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) never at all
16. 16.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
18. 18.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
23. 23.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.⏸️ 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
25. 25.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively 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: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
33. 33.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
37. 37.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
39. 39.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) loud or soft

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