Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 823 · 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.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) never at all
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
4. 4.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.❔ 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
6. 6.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
8. 8.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) speak faster
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
11. 11.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
13. 13.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
22. 22.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
24. 24.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
28. 28.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
31. 31.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
35. 35.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) melodious (d) expressive
39. 39.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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