Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 862 · 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 tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
2. 2.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) confuses everyone
3. 3.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
5. 5.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) repeat the last word
9. 9.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) skip it
15. 15.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
17. 17.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
19. 19.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
26. 26.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
29. 29.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
31. 31.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
33. 33.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) gets very loud
35. 35.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
39. 39.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) never at all

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