Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 800 · 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.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
2. 2.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
3. 3.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) never at all
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
8. 8.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
10. 10.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
11. 11.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
17. 17.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
24. 24.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
27. 27.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
34. 34.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
36. 36.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
38. 38.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) expressive
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch

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