Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 868 · 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: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
7. 7.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
14. 14.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) melodious
15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
17. 17.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
24. 24.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
26. 26.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly
27. 27.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
32. 32.🤐 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
33. 33.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
36. 36.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
38. 38.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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