Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 71 · 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: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
7. 7.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
10. 10.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
13. 13.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
16. 16.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
17. 17.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
18. 18.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
25. 25.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
29. 29.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
32. 32.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) monotonous (c) energetic (d) melodious
35. 35.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady

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