Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 69 · 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 comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
2. 2.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
6. 6.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
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: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
12. 12.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
17. 17.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
22. 22.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) never at all
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
26. 26.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
33. 33.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
35. 35.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) melodious (c) monotonous (d) energetic
36. 36.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
40. 40.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) gets very loud

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