Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 954 · 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 the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
3. 3.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
5. 5.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
7. 7.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) energetic (c) melodious (d) monotonous
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
10. 10.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
12. 12.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
15. 15.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
23. 23.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
26. 26.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) after an important point (d) in the middle of a word
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
34. 34.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) say it faster (c) mumble it (d) skip it
35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
36. 36.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
40. 40.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True

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