Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 853 · 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: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) never at all
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
4. 4.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
9. 9.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
16. 16.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🤐 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
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
24. 24.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
30. 30.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
31. 31.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
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 tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause

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