Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 70 · 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: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
3. 3.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
10. 10.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
16. 16.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
19. 19.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
22. 22.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.⏸️ 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
24. 24.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
27. 27.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
30. 30.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
36. 36.❔ 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
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
39. 39.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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