Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 706 · 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.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
2. 2.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
9. 9.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
10. 10.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
14. 14.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
16. 16.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
17. 17.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
19. 19.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
24. 24.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
27. 27.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) expressive
28. 28.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (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.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
33. 33.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
36. 36.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
39. 39.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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