Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 839 · 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: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
4. 4.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
14. 14.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
17. 17.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
20. 20.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
26. 26.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
28. 28.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.❓ 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
30. 30.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.⏸️ 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
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
37. 37.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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