Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 834 · 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 reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) loud or soft (c) long or short (d) high or low
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
4. 4.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
7. 7.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) monotonous
14. 14.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
20. 20.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
23. 23.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) say “um” louder
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
27. 27.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
32. 32.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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