Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 702 · 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: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
14. 14.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
16. 16.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) answer it instantly (c) pause for a moment (d) walk off the stage
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
18. 18.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) skip it
19. 19.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
22. 22.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
29. 29.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) energetic
33. 33.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
35. 35.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
39. 39.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle

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