Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 80 · 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: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
2. 2.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
6. 6.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
9. 9.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
13. 13.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
17. 17.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
22. 22.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
29. 29.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.⏸️ 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
35. 35.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
36. 36.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
40. 40.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False

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