Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 803 · 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 warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
2. 2.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
4. 4.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
9. 9.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) gets very loud (c) stops in the middle (d) goes silent
10. 10.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
12. 12.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
14. 14.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
17. 17.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) expressive
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
20. 20.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
21. 21.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
27. 27.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
30. 30.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
34. 34.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
37. 37.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest

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