Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 997 · 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 cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
3. 3.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) repeat the last word (b) speak faster (c) pause silently (d) say “um” louder
4. 4.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
8. 8.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
12. 12.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) gets very loud (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) rises at the end
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
14. 14.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) stress it a little (b) mumble it (c) skip it (d) say it faster
16. 16.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about volume. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
18. 18.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
22. 22.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pace. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
25. 25.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) monotonous (b) expressive (c) melodious (d) energetic
26. 26.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) pause for a moment (c) walk off the stage (d) answer it instantly
27. 27.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about volume. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) pace (c) a pause (d) volume
32. 32.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) volume (d) pace
33. 33.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
34. 34.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
38. 38.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace

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