Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 864 · 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: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) high or low (c) long or short (d) fast or slow
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
5. 5.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) ask ten more at once
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
10. 10.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
11. 11.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) wastes the speech (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) melodious
16. 16.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) say it faster
17. 17.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
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: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
22. 22.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
27. 27.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True

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