Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 714 · 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: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
5. 5.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) stops in the middle
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
9. 9.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) monotonous
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
12. 12.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
13. 13.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
15. 15.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
16. 16.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
24. 24.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
29. 29.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False

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