Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 843 · 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: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
4. 4.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
7. 7.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.🤐 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
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
18. 18.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
23. 23.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
25. 25.❔ 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
26. 26.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) never at all (d) after every word
28. 28.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
29. 29.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) high or low (c) long or short (d) fast or slow
31. 31.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
34. 34.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
37. 37.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
40. 40.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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