Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 908 · 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: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
3. 3.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
5. 5.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) never at all
9. 9.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) repeat the last word
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
11. 11.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) say it faster (d) stress it a little
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
13. 13.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) makes people leave
15. 15.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
18. 18.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
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: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
24. 24.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
25. 25.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
29. 29.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
31. 31.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
34. 34.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
36. 36.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
40. 40.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

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