Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 668 · 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: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
6. 6.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) never at all
8. 8.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
13. 13.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) walk off the stage
15. 15.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
19. 19.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
23. 23.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
25. 25.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
29. 29.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
33. 33.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
37. 37.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.⏸️ 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
39. 39.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

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