Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 682 · 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 honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
5. 5.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
8. 8.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
13. 13.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
17. 17.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
22. 22.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) stops in the middle (d) goes silent
25. 25.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
27. 27.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
28. 28.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
30. 30.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
35. 35.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
37. 37.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
39. 39.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False

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