Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 955 · 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.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
3. 3.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) repeat the last word
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
5. 5.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) volume (d) pace
8. 8.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) pause for a moment (d) answer it instantly
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
15. 15.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) builds interest (c) wastes the speech (d) confuses everyone
16. 16.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
18. 18.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
21. 21.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
23. 23.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
24. 24.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) monotonous (c) energetic (d) expressive
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
26. 26.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) fast or slow (b) high or low (c) long or short (d) loud or soft
27. 27.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
29. 29.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) stops in the middle (d) goes silent
32. 32.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
34. 34.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
40. 40.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False

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