Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 847 · 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: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) after an important point
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
4. 4.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
7. 7.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
9. 9.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
12. 12.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
17. 17.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
18. 18.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
21. 21.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
22. 22.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
25. 25.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
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) True (b) False
28. 28.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
29. 29.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) stops in the middle (d) goes silent
33. 33.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
38. 38.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False

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