Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 764 · 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: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
2. 2.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) skip it
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
13. 13.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
18. 18.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) gets very loud (c) stops in the middle (d) goes silent
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
21. 21.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
24. 24.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
32. 32.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
33. 33.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
36. 36.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) monotonous
38. 38.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
40. 40.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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