Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 691 · 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: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
3. 3.⏸️ 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
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
5. 5.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) stops in the middle
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
10. 10.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
12. 12.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
15. 15.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
17. 17.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) melodious
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
22. 22.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
28. 28.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) long or short (d) loud or soft
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
30. 30.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
34. 34.❓ 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
35. 35.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
40. 40.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

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