Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 903 · 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: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.⏸️ 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
7. 7.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
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 honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.❓ 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
17. 17.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) monotonous
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
22. 22.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
24. 24.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
28. 28.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
31. 31.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
34. 34.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
37. 37.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch

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