Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 842 · 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 honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
4. 4.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
7. 7.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
12. 12.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) speak faster
13. 13.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
16. 16.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
19. 19.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
23. 23.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
32. 32.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
37. 37.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
39. 39.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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