Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 751 · 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.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
2. 2.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
6. 6.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
9. 9.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) monotonous
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
13. 13.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) confuses everyone
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
15. 15.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) after an important point
16. 16.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
19. 19.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
25. 25.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) say “um” louder (c) speak faster (d) repeat the last word
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
28. 28.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
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: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
39. 39.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) long or short

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