Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 694 · 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.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
5. 5.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
10. 10.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
12. 12.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
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 reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
17. 17.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
20. 20.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
21. 21.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
23. 23.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🤐 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
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
27. 27.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.⏸️ 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
31. 31.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
33. 33.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
36. 36.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
37. 37.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch

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