Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 926 · 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 honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
2. 2.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
4. 4.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
5. 5.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
10. 10.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) energetic (b) melodious (c) monotonous (d) expressive
11. 11.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
20. 20.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) wastes the speech
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
22. 22.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
29. 29.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) long or short
30. 30.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
32. 32.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
34. 34.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
40. 40.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

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