Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 692 · 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 warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
5. 5.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
8. 8.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
12. 12.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
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: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
19. 19.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
20. 20.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) melodious (c) monotonous (d) energetic
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.❔ 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
25. 25.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) never at all
26. 26.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True

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