Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 767 · 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.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
3. 3.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
6. 6.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
7. 7.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
9. 9.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
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.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
17. 17.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
23. 23.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
25. 25.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
34. 34.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
37. 37.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
40. 40.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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