Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 74 · 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: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
3. 3.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
7. 7.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
11. 11.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) monotonous (d) expressive
14. 14.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (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 pitch. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
24. 24.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) repeat the last word
25. 25.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
28. 28.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
34. 34.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
39. 39.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False

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