Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 910 · 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) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
2. 2.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
4. 4.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
7. 7.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) loud or soft (d) high or low
8. 8.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
12. 12.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
14. 14.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
17. 17.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
19. 19.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
23. 23.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
26. 26.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) monotonous
27. 27.❓ 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
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
29. 29.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
33. 33.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
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: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively

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