Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 905 · 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 loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
3. 3.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
6. 6.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) melodious
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
10. 10.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) answer it instantly (c) pause for a moment (d) walk off the stage
11. 11.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) never at all (d) after every word
13. 13.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
15. 15.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
20. 20.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
26. 26.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
29. 29.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
34. 34.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) stops in the middle

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