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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 282 · 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 cheering your team before a match? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  2. 2.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pace (d) pitch
  3. 3.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  6. 6.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pace. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎵 A voice that stays on one flat note all the time sounds… (a) melodious (b) energetic (c) expressive (d) monotonous
  11. 11.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) rises at the end (c) gets very loud (d) goes silent
  12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a short silence between ideas? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  13. 13.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  14. 14.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) repeat the last word (c) pause silently (d) speak faster
  15. 15.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a short silence between ideas is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  20. 20.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) say it faster (b) stress it a little (c) skip it (d) mumble it
  25. 25.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
  27. 27.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  29. 29.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pitch (b) a pause (c) pace (d) volume
  30. 30.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: how loud or soft you speak is about volume. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: wishing everyone a happy festival needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) makes people leave (c) builds interest (d) confuses everyone
  35. 35.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
  36. 36.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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