Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 915 · 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: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
8. 8.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
10. 10.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
14. 14.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) long or short (d) high or low
16. 16.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
19. 19.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
23. 23.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
24. 24.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
27. 27.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
30. 30.⏸️ 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
31. 31.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False

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