Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 924 · 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: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
7. 7.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) never at all
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
13. 13.❔ 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
14. 14.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
16. 16.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) builds interest (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
20. 20.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
24. 24.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) monotonous
25. 25.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) mumble it
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
29. 29.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) say “um” louder
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
36. 36.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle

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