Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 958 · 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 a change in the exam timetable? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
2. 2.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.⏸️ 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
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
5. 5.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) skip it (c) say it faster (d) mumble it
9. 9.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) monotonous (d) energetic
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
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: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🤐 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
14. 14.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
17. 17.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) makes people leave (b) confuses everyone (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest
18. 18.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) stops in the middle
19. 19.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
23. 23.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
25. 25.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
30. 30.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
32. 32.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
34. 34.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
36. 36.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
39. 39.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady

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