Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 675 · 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: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.❔ 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
6. 6.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
10. 10.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
11. 11.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
13. 13.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
19. 19.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
24. 24.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
26. 26.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) energetic
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
30. 30.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
34. 34.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
38. 38.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
40. 40.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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