Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 988 · 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 telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
2. 2.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
5. 5.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
8. 8.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
12. 12.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
16. 16.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) skip it (d) stress it a little
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
18. 18.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
21. 21.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.❔ 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
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
24. 24.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) expressive (d) energetic
28. 28.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
31. 31.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) pause silently (b) speak faster (c) say “um” louder (d) repeat the last word
32. 32.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) answer it instantly (c) pause for a moment (d) walk off the stage
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
34. 34.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
37. 37.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle

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