Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 928 · 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 telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) wastes the speech (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
4. 4.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
8. 8.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) pause silently (c) speak faster (d) repeat the last word
9. 9.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
13. 13.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) skip it
15. 15.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) in the middle of a word (c) after every word (d) after an important point
16. 16.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
20. 20.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
29. 29.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) energetic
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
32. 32.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
38. 38.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) fast or slow (c) loud or soft (d) long or short
40. 40.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True

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