Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 966 · 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.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) confuses everyone (d) builds interest
2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) ask ten more at once (c) walk off the stage (d) pause for a moment
6. 6.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
8. 8.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
10. 10.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) pause silently (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
12. 12.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pace. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
15. 15.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) fast or slow (c) high or low (d) long or short
16. 16.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
22. 22.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) rises at the end (c) goes silent (d) stops in the middle
23. 23.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
28. 28.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
35. 35.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) skip it (c) mumble it (d) stress it a little
36. 36.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace

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