Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 893 · 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: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
2. 2.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
4. 4.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.⏸️ 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
6. 6.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
13. 13.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
15. 15.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
19. 19.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
20. 20.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
25. 25.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
26. 26.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
30. 30.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
34. 34.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
37. 37.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) answer it instantly (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
39. 39.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady

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