Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 811 · 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 comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
2. 2.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
9. 9.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.❔ 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
19. 19.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) pause silently
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
24. 24.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
26. 26.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
29. 29.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) energetic
30. 30.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
38. 38.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True

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