Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 717 · 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: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
2. 2.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
4. 4.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) gets very loud (c) stops in the middle (d) goes silent
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
9. 9.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
10. 10.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
14. 14.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
18. 18.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.❓ 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
21. 21.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) long or short
30. 30.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
35. 35.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.⏸️ 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
37. 37.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

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