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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 194 · 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.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) never at all (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
  2. 2.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  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: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits honouring the soldiers who served our country? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  6. 6.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  7. 7.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  10. 10.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
  15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  16. 16.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  17. 17.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.❓ 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
  20. 20.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  21. 21.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  22. 22.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) pace
  23. 23.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
  26. 26.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
  28. 28.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) goes silent (c) gets very loud (d) rises at the end
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  31. 31.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  37. 37.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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