Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 900 · 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: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
4. 4.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
7. 7.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) stops in the middle
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
9. 9.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
13. 13.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
15. 15.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
18. 18.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
21. 21.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
24. 24.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
28. 28.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
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.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
33. 33.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) expressive
38. 38.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively

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