Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 773 · 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: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
4. 4.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
7. 7.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
14. 14.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) say it faster
17. 17.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
21. 21.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
22. 22.❓ 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
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
24. 24.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
25. 25.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
26. 26.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
31. 31.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
34. 34.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

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