Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 746 · 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: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
3. 3.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) high or low (c) long or short (d) fast or slow
4. 4.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) melodious
5. 5.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
8. 8.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
9. 9.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
14. 14.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
19. 19.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) never at all
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
28. 28.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
30. 30.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
34. 34.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
36. 36.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively

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