Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 771 · 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: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
5. 5.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
10. 10.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
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: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
17. 17.⏸️ 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
18. 18.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
20. 20.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
23. 23.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
25. 25.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
31. 31.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.⏸️ 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
33. 33.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
36. 36.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) monotonous (d) expressive
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
40. 40.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False

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