Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 735 · 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.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
5. 5.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
12. 12.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
14. 14.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
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.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
19. 19.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) walk off the stage
23. 23.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
25. 25.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
28. 28.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
32. 32.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
34. 34.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
39. 39.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch

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