Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 942 · 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 welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
4. 4.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) builds interest (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) wastes the speech
5. 5.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
8. 8.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
11. 11.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
12. 12.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
13. 13.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
16. 16.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
23. 23.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
32. 32.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) ask ten more at once
34. 34.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
36. 36.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady

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