Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 684 · 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 cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
4. 4.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
9. 9.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
12. 12.⏸️ 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
13. 13.❔ 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
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
16. 16.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
18. 18.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
19. 19.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
23. 23.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
25. 25.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
27. 27.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
29. 29.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
32. 32.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) speak faster
33. 33.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) monotonous (d) expressive
35. 35.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
38. 38.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft

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