Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 79 · 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: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
3. 3.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
4. 4.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
10. 10.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
18. 18.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
22. 22.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
26. 26.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
28. 28.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
29. 29.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
33. 33.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
34. 34.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
36. 36.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
39. 39.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent

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