Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 768 · 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: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
3. 3.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
8. 8.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
9. 9.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
10. 10.🤐 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
11. 11.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
13. 13.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) stops in the middle
18. 18.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
24. 24.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
31. 31.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) long or short
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
38. 38.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

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