Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 854 · 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.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
5. 5.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) monotonous
6. 6.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
8. 8.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) after every word
9. 9.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
11. 11.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
14. 14.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
17. 17.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
20. 20.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
26. 26.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
27. 27.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
30. 30.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
38. 38.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch

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