Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 742 · 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.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) monotonous
2. 2.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
4. 4.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.❔ 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
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
10. 10.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.❓ 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
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
16. 16.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
18. 18.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
24. 24.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
26. 26.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
30. 30.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
31. 31.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
34. 34.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
37. 37.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
39. 39.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady

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