Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 994 · 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: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
4. 4.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
7. 7.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) stress it a little (c) mumble it (d) say it faster
8. 8.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
10. 10.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
11. 11.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.⏸️ 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
22. 22.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🤐 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
25. 25.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) long or short
26. 26.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
29. 29.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
32. 32.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) pause for a moment (b) walk off the stage (c) ask ten more at once (d) answer it instantly
34. 34.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) expressive (c) energetic (d) monotonous
35. 35.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
37. 37.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
39. 39.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) rises at the end (c) stops in the middle (d) gets very loud
40. 40.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

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