Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 909 · 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: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.❔ 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
4. 4.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
8. 8.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
11. 11.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
13. 13.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly
14. 14.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
24. 24.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
28. 28.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
33. 33.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
37. 37.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle

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