Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 733 · 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: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
4. 4.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
5. 5.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
8. 8.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
12. 12.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
14. 14.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill 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) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) speak faster
20. 20.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
22. 22.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
25. 25.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) stops in the middle
27. 27.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
31. 31.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
34. 34.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) long or short
40. 40.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True

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