Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 953 · 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 shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) loud or soft
5. 5.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
6. 6.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) monotonous
8. 8.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
11. 11.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
14. 14.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) walk off the stage
18. 18.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) in the middle of a word (c) never at all (d) after every word
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
23. 23.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) pause silently (c) say “um” louder (d) speak faster
25. 25.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
30. 30.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
31. 31.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
33. 33.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
38. 38.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

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