Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 761 · 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 suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
2. 2.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
3. 3.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
6. 6.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
10. 10.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
14. 14.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
17. 17.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) never at all
21. 21.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
24. 24.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
26. 26.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
31. 31.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
32. 32.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
35. 35.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
37. 37.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🤐 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
39. 39.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
40. 40.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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