Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 769 · 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: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) after every word
3. 3.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) walk off the stage
4. 4.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
5. 5.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) expressive
6. 6.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
10. 10.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
20. 20.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
31. 31.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
34. 34.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
38. 38.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle

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