Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 793 · 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 reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
5. 5.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) monotonous
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
11. 11.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
14. 14.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
15. 15.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
17. 17.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
19. 19.❔ 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
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
24. 24.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
30. 30.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
34. 34.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
38. 38.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively

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