Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 743 · 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.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
2. 2.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.❔ 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
5. 5.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly
6. 6.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
8. 8.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) after every word
9. 9.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) expressive
20. 20.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
22. 22.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
24. 24.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
26. 26.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
37. 37.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
39. 39.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False

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