Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 787 · 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: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
3. 3.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
5. 5.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
8. 8.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) fast or slow
12. 12.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
15. 15.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
17. 17.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
20. 20.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) monotonous
23. 23.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
26. 26.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
28. 28.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
30. 30.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
34. 34.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
39. 39.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively

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