Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 673 · 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 wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
2. 2.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
4. 4.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
6. 6.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
8. 8.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
9. 9.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
11. 11.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
15. 15.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
17. 17.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.❔ 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
19. 19.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
22. 22.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
25. 25.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
27. 27.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) say “um” louder (d) speak faster
29. 29.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
31. 31.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) energetic
38. 38.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively

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