Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 785 · 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.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
2. 2.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
4. 4.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
9. 9.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.❔ 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
16. 16.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.⏸️ 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
18. 18.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
21. 21.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
23. 23.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
25. 25.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
31. 31.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🤐 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
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
39. 39.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True

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