Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 720 · 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: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.❔ 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
3. 3.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
5. 5.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
7. 7.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
22. 22.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
25. 25.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
29. 29.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
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: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
36. 36.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
38. 38.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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