Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 677 · 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: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) stops in the middle
4. 4.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
6. 6.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
9. 9.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
16. 16.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) melodious
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
22. 22.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
26. 26.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
28. 28.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
30. 30.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.❓ 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
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
34. 34.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🤐 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

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