Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 687 · 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 high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
4. 4.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) monotonous
5. 5.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
11. 11.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
12. 12.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
19. 19.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
23. 23.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
25. 25.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
27. 27.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
28. 28.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) after every word
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
32. 32.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
35. 35.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
38. 38.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
39. 39.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True

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