Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 896 · 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: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
4. 4.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) fast or slow
6. 6.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
10. 10.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
11. 11.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
14. 14.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
21. 21.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
23. 23.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
27. 27.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
31. 31.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
37. 37.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
40. 40.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

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