Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 911 · 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: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) confuses everyone
4. 4.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
9. 9.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
11. 11.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) gets very loud
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
13. 13.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
16. 16.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
18. 18.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) high or low (c) loud or soft (d) fast or slow
25. 25.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
30. 30.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
34. 34.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
35. 35.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) answer it instantly (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
40. 40.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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