Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 759 · 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: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
8. 8.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) stops in the middle
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
12. 12.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) monotonous
13. 13.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
14. 14.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) fast or slow
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
20. 20.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after every word (d) after an important point
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
23. 23.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
26. 26.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
30. 30.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
32. 32.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
36. 36.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone

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