Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 865 · 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: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
4. 4.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
12. 12.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
15. 15.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) monotonous
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
22. 22.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
28. 28.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) builds interest (c) confuses everyone (d) makes people leave
29. 29.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
33. 33.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
36. 36.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
37. 37.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
39. 39.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False

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