Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 729 · 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 shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
10. 10.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
12. 12.❓ 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
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
14. 14.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
23. 23.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) never at all
25. 25.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) rises at the end (c) stops in the middle (d) gets very loud
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
29. 29.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
31. 31.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) skip it
33. 33.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) fast or slow
34. 34.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
36. 36.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause

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