Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 884 · 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.❔ 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
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
5. 5.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
6. 6.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
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.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
12. 12.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
19. 19.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🤐 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
22. 22.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
25. 25.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
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 fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
31. 31.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
33. 33.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
35. 35.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
37. 37.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause

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