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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 250 · 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 tool is this: speeding up for an exciting chase? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  2. 2.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) goes silent (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) stops in the middle
  3. 3.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  5. 5.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) loud or soft (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  8. 8.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  10. 10.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) ask ten more at once (b) walk off the stage (c) answer it instantly (d) pause for a moment
  13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pace (c) pitch (d) a pause
  14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  15. 15.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) volume (d) a pause
  22. 22.True or false: welcoming shy new children to Class 1 needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch
  25. 25.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pace (d) pitch
  29. 29.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  30. 30.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) monotonous (d) expressive
  31. 31.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) a pause (b) volume (c) pitch (d) pace
  32. 32.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  36. 36.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: stopping for a moment after a key point? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
  38. 38.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) after every word (b) in the middle of a word (c) after an important point (d) never at all

Answer key

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

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