Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 9 · 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 suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
4. 4.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
7. 7.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) high or low (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
9. 9.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
19. 19.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
22. 22.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
30. 30.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
31. 31.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.❔ 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
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
40. 40.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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