Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 681 · 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: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
4. 4.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
6. 6.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) skip it
7. 7.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
9. 9.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
12. 12.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) monotonous (c) energetic (d) melodious
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
15. 15.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
16. 16.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
21. 21.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
24. 24.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
25. 25.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
33. 33.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
36. 36.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively

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