Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 639 · 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.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) speak faster
2. 2.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
8. 8.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly
10. 10.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
13. 13.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
16. 16.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
18. 18.⏸️ 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
19. 19.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
20. 20.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
21. 21.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
24. 24.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
29. 29.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
32. 32.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
36. 36.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
37. 37.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
40. 40.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False

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