Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 650 · 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) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
2. 2.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
5. 5.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
9. 9.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
11. 11.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
13. 13.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
15. 15.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
22. 22.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
24. 24.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
31. 31.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
33. 33.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) energetic
35. 35.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) after every word
39. 39.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch

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