Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 943 · 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 tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
3. 3.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
5. 5.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly
8. 8.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
10. 10.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
13. 13.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
15. 15.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
16. 16.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
18. 18.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
22. 22.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
24. 24.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) monotonous
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.⏸️ 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
29. 29.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable 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) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
31. 31.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
33. 33.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
34. 34.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
36. 36.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
38. 38.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace

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