Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 83 · 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: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
13. 13.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
15. 15.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
16. 16.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
18. 18.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
27. 27.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
29. 29.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
34. 34.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) stops in the middle
36. 36.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) say “um” louder (d) speak faster
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
39. 39.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady

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