Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 941 · 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 a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
3. 3.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
7. 7.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) repeat the last word (c) say “um” louder (d) speak faster
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
12. 12.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
14. 14.⏸️ 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
15. 15.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
17. 17.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
20. 20.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
24. 24.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) melodious
25. 25.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
27. 27.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) say it faster
28. 28.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
29. 29.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
31. 31.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
37. 37.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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