Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 917 · 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: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
6. 6.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
7. 7.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) stops in the middle
9. 9.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
11. 11.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
14. 14.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
18. 18.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
20. 20.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) long or short (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
33. 33.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
36. 36.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
39. 39.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) monotonous (c) expressive (d) melodious
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause

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