Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 709 · 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: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
4. 4.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
9. 9.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
11. 11.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
13. 13.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
19. 19.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.❔ 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
22. 22.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
25. 25.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
28. 28.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
30. 30.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) after every word
31. 31.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
37. 37.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause

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