Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 991 · 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) True (b) False
2. 2.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) melodious (c) energetic (d) expressive
3. 3.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
5. 5.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about volume. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) pitch (d) volume
8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
9. 9.⏸️ 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
10. 10.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) walk off the stage (b) ask ten more at once (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
11. 11.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
13. 13.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pace
17. 17.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
19. 19.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) stops in the middle (c) rises at the end (d) gets very loud
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
25. 25.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
26. 26.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
28. 28.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after an important point (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after every word
29. 29.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) mumble it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) skip it
30. 30.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pitch
33. 33.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
35. 35.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
38. 38.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle

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