Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 648 · 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.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) fast or slow
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
14. 14.❔ 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
15. 15.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
17. 17.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
24. 24.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.❓ 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
27. 27.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
29. 29.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
31. 31.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
37. 37.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
39. 39.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume

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