Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 703 · 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: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
5. 5.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
6. 6.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
8. 8.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
14. 14.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) after an important point
16. 16.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
18. 18.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
21. 21.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
23. 23.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
28. 28.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) energetic
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
37. 37.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause

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