Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 817 · 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: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
2. 2.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
8. 8.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
9. 9.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
13. 13.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) monotonous
14. 14.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
15. 15.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
24. 24.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
25. 25.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
29. 29.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
34. 34.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
37. 37.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
39. 39.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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