Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 841 · 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: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
4. 4.❔ 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
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
7. 7.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
8. 8.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
9. 9.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
11. 11.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
16. 16.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
17. 17.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
26. 26.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
29. 29.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) monotonous
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
35. 35.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) say “um” louder (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
37. 37.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively

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