Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 656 · 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.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively 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.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
10. 10.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
11. 11.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
12. 12.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🤐 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
14. 14.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) loud or soft
15. 15.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
17. 17.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
19. 19.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
26. 26.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
28. 28.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
36. 36.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
40. 40.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False

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