Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 828 · 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) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
13. 13.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
16. 16.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) wastes the speech
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
21. 21.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
27. 27.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
29. 29.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
30. 30.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
37. 37.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
39. 39.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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