Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 686 · 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: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
5. 5.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) monotonous
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
10. 10.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
13. 13.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) speak faster
15. 15.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.❓ 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
19. 19.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
22. 22.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
27. 27.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
33. 33.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
38. 38.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False

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