Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 788 · 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 suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
3. 3.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
7. 7.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
9. 9.⏸️ 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
10. 10.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) monotonous
11. 11.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
15. 15.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
18. 18.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
20. 20.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
22. 22.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
24. 24.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
26. 26.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
34. 34.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
37. 37.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True

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