Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 967 · 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.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) pause silently (c) repeat the last word (d) speak faster
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
4. 4.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
6. 6.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
9. 9.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) never at all
10. 10.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
13. 13.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
16. 16.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
18. 18.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners 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 volume. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
22. 22.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) expressive (b) monotonous (c) energetic (d) melodious
23. 23.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
26. 26.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
27. 27.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.⏸️ 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
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
31. 31.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) volume (d) a pause
34. 34.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
38. 38.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
39. 39.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False

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