Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 919 · 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 suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
5. 5.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
7. 7.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) pause for a moment
8. 8.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
10. 10.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
12. 12.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
17. 17.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) melodious
20. 20.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) after every word
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
23. 23.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
27. 27.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
34. 34.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
36. 36.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
39. 39.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) gets very loud (c) stops in the middle (d) goes silent
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume

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