Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 766 · 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 short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
4. 4.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
7. 7.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
10. 10.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
12. 12.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
19. 19.⏸️ 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
20. 20.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.❔ 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
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
26. 26.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
30. 30.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
31. 31.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively

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