Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 775 · 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.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
2. 2.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) never at all
4. 4.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
10. 10.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
12. 12.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
16. 16.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
19. 19.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
22. 22.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) melodious
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
32. 32.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
34. 34.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
37. 37.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
39. 39.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume

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