Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 981 · 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.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
4. 4.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) melodious
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
10. 10.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
16. 16.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
21. 21.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after an important point (c) never at all (d) after every word
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
26. 26.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
28. 28.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) pause for a moment (c) answer it instantly (d) ask ten more at once
29. 29.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
32. 32.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) skip it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
33. 33.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
36. 36.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) confuses everyone (b) makes people leave (c) wastes the speech (d) builds interest

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