Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 975 · 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: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) in the middle of a word
3. 3.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
6. 6.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
9. 9.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) goes silent (c) stops in the middle (d) rises at the end
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
12. 12.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
14. 14.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
23. 23.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) speak faster (d) pause silently
24. 24.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
29. 29.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill 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) True (b) False
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
32. 32.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) energetic
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
34. 34.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
40. 40.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about pitch. (a) True (b) False

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