Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 663 · 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.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) never at all (d) after every word
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
6. 6.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
8. 8.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
14. 14.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
22. 22.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
26. 26.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.❓ 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
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
31. 31.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
36. 36.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
38. 38.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) mumble it

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