Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 649 · 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.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
3. 3.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
9. 9.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
10. 10.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
15. 15.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) monotonous (d) expressive
19. 19.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
22. 22.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
23. 23.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
25. 25.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
29. 29.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
30. 30.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) stops in the middle
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
33. 33.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.⏸️ 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
35. 35.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
38. 38.❓ 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
39. 39.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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