Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 693 · 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: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) never at all
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
8. 8.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) expressive
11. 11.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
12. 12.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
19. 19.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.❓ 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
23. 23.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) gets very loud (c) stops in the middle (d) goes silent
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
25. 25.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
27. 27.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
30. 30.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
36. 36.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False

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