Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 813 · 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 telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
4. 4.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
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.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
8. 8.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
17. 17.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
28. 28.🤐 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
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
30. 30.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
32. 32.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
33. 33.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
38. 38.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

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