Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 748 · 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 tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
2. 2.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) never at all
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.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
13. 13.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
16. 16.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
18. 18.❓ 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
19. 19.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
22. 22.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
25. 25.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
27. 27.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
33. 33.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
37. 37.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
39. 39.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
40. 40.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) stops in the middle (d) goes silent

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