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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 101 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  2. 2.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  4. 4.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  6. 6.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  10. 10.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  13. 13.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after an important point (c) after every word (d) in the middle of a word
  18. 18.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
  24. 24.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (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.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  27. 27.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.❔ 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
  31. 31.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  32. 32.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
  33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  34. 34.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace

Answer key

  1. cheerful and lively
  2. True
  3. a pause
  4. True
  5. pace
  6. False
  7. False
  8. serious and steady
  9. cheerful and lively
  10. False
  11. False
  12. pitch
  13. True
  14. False
  15. False
  16. False
  17. after an important point
  18. True
  19. False
  20. True
  21. False
  22. cheerful and lively
  23. volume
  24. False
  25. True
  26. cheerful and lively
  27. False
  28. True
  29. False
  30. rises at the end
  31. cheerful and lively
  32. builds interest
  33. volume
  34. False
  35. True
  36. True
  37. False
  38. True
  39. serious and steady
  40. volume

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