Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 753 · 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: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
7. 7.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
10. 10.❔ 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
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
19. 19.⏸️ 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
20. 20.🤐 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
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
22. 22.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
23. 23.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
28. 28.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
33. 33.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
37. 37.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume

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